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Is There a Thinking Cap?

Issue 131Opening Salvo

I wonder if artificial intelligence is the natural result of human evolution. It’s not a unique thought; science fiction author John W. Campbell’s short story “The Last Evolution” looked at...

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Dr. Patrick Gleeson: The Interview

Issue 131THE COPPER INTERVIEW

Musician, Engineer, Producer, Professor of 18th Century English Literature?! You may not be familiar with the name Patrick Gleeson, but he has quite a résumé. He ditched a career as a college...

A Conversation With Mark O’Brien of Rogue Audio

Issue 131FEATURED

Rogue Audio manufactures a wide range of tube, solid-state and hybrid audio components including integrated amplifiers, preamplifiers, power amps, phono stages and headphone amps. Located in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, the company states...

Superposition: Getting Speaker Placement Right

Issue 131SPEAKER STORIES

In Issue 130, Russ noted that he’s been reappraising his audio system and went over some basic ideas about speaker setup. The series continues here. When placing your speakers in any given...

Analog vs. Digital: An Unending Debate

Issue 131TAKES ON TECH

One of the most controversial topics in the audiophile universe is the digital versus analog debate. After the introduction of the compact disc in the early 1980s, the sales of...

Will A Perfect Audio System Ever Exist?

Issue 131FRANKLY SPEAKING

As a hard-core audiophile, I’ve spent the better part of my life working on improving my audio systems. I’ll admit – mostly because of selfishness. I want to hear music...

Cable Design and the Speed of Sound, Part Two

Issue 131DEEP DIVE

In Part One of this series (Issue 130), Galen Gareis of ICONOCLAST cables and Belden Inc. began an extensive exploration into a critical but not often discussed aspect of cable design: the velocity of propagation (Vp)...

Talking With Nason Tackett of Hear Technologies

Issue 131THE COPPER INTERVIEW

When it comes to comparing audio equipment like speakers or headphones, it is difficult to avoid biased opinions from manufacturers and designers, since it is inevitable that each one has...

Chick Corea Returns to Forever

Issue 131MUSIC TO MY EARS

Armando Anthony Corea, known to the world as “Chick,” passed to the other side on February 9. We’ve been losing music icons in the last few years because of an...

An Overview of Audiophile Playback Software, Pa...

Issue 131SITTING IN

It’s a safe bet that many Copper readers are interested in getting involved with higher-quality audio streaming services and digital music servers if they’re not using them already. In this...

The Big Move, Part One

Issue 131REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

Ten years ago, I moved to a new building carrying a couple of truckloads of equipment, with which I was planning on building up a mastering studio, an electronics workshop...

A Time in Peter Tosh’s Jamaica

Issue 131TRUE-LIFE ROCK TALES

In speaking with Eppy, he mentioned that he was promoting a concert in Jamaica with the headliner Peter Tosh. A bunch of disc jockeys from Long Island’s FM station WBAI...

Islands In the Stream

Issue 131TWISTED SYSTEMS

In past articles I have referenced the differences between how my audio system sounds vs. the way my friend Ira’s sounds. My system is analog-based but also has great CD/SACD...

Max Roach: Bebop Pioneer

Issue 131TRADING EIGHTS

Born in North Carolina swamp country in either 1924 or 1925 (he wasn’t sure himself) and raised in Brooklyn, Max Roach listened to his mother sing gospel music and was...

Mary Chapin Carpenter: Let Her Into Your Heart

Issue 131OFF THE CHARTS

Winning five Grammy Awards is impressive enough, but when four of them are wins in consecutive years for Best Female Country Music Performance, that is a unique achievement. Mary Chapin...

Speaker Misplacement

Issue 131AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

In its day the Teac A-3340S was the machine for musicians recording at home or making demos. We hope the photo shoot didn't take too long...that thing is heavy! From...

Rave New World

Issue 131PARTING SHOT

Taken at the Electric Zoo festival, Randall's Island, New York, 2017. By Michael Vazquez @musicfestivalstreetphotography, copyright 2021. Canon EOS-1D X Mark II camera with Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS...

New Releases: One Disappointing, One Overproduc...

Issue 131TO BE DETERMINED

Steven Wilson – The Future Bites When Steven Wilson released his EP The B-Sides Collection late last year ahead of this new LP, The Future Bites, for me it was easily among the best...

Passions

Issue 131TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Last month I made a single New Year’s resolution: to devote space in Copper to Bach’s two monumental Passion settings. These works are central masterpieces in Western art music, as important in...