Copper


Issue 108

Issue 108Opening Salvo

This issue's cover: of course, the Beatles in their iconic 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band garb. An album that defined a generation. I’m sitting here staring at the computer screen...

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You Don't Have to be...Redux

Issue 108MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

When I was a kid, my parents had a comedy record called You Don’t Have to be Jewish, which had a couple dozen bits, including “The Presidents.” In “The Presidents,” the...

VPI to the Rescue

Issue 108TWISTED SYSTEMS

If you haven’t heard by now, VPI industries, headed by Mat Weisfeld, has, in response to the coronavirus outbreak gripping their home state of New Jersey, taken a pause in...

A Mecca for Sunsets

Issue 108PARTING SHOT

Mecca Beach, the location of this shot, is not on the ocean. It's on the shores of an inland lake named the Salton Sea, the product of a Colorado River...

The Baroque in Central and South America

Issue 108SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

When we hear the term “Baroque music,” most of us automatically picture the ornate courts of Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries, with the music of Vivaldi or Bach being...

You’re Grounded! Confessions of a Setup Man, Pa...

Issue 108FRANKLY SPEAKING

Hum has no place in an audio system. It’s often caused by improper grounding. When I worked at The Absolute Sound from around the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, eliminating unwanted hum was a...

More Cool and Unusual Takes on Others’ Songs

Issue 108COMPLETE RECOVERY

Rich Isaacs had a great idea in Issue 107 of Copper (“Complete Recovery: Unusual Takes on Others’ Songs”). It made me realize that I have many cover versions among my collection of...

Write On

Issue 108

This issue's cover: of course, the Beatles in their iconic 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band garb. An album that defined a generation. I’m sitting here staring at the...

Terry Kath: Chicago's Guitarist Extraordinaire

Issue 108FEATURED

In 1970 a dear friend, Hank Rau, introduced me to a new band, Chicago Transit Authority. I want to dedicate this column to Hank, who I’ve known since the first...

Jersey Boys Find Hi-Fi

Issue 108EUREKA MOMENTS

My passion for audio was ignited in the 1960s (are we really that old?). Like most of my peers I listened to a lot of music. My two older brothers...

Linearity in Audio, Part Three

Issue 108REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

Up to now we have only talked about the most basic tube amplifier design, consisting of one triode tube in a Class A1 single-ended configuration. There are numerous configurations and...

Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Musical Career Overview, P...

Issue 108FEATURED

Meeting one’s musical heroes can often take place in unexpected circumstances. Back in the late 1980s, a particular music hero of mine had played a rare concert at the Beacon...

Opera and Immersive Sound

Issue 108TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

This is the first of two articles I’ve planned on immersive sound. The second will follow in Copper #109, covering recent Grammy nominees in that category. Space permitting, I will survey recent...

Three Clear Winners

Issue 108TO BE DETERMINED

Roger Eno/Brian Eno – Mixing Colours Everyone knows Brian Eno; who could have missed the stylish glam he brought to the early work of Roxy Music? And his string of ambient albums...

Now Hear This!

Issue 108AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

When the Admiral speaks, they listen!   They went all out on props for this photo shoot. From Audio magazine, January 1963.   Just don't touch any of my records,...