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Issue 133Opening Salvo

Copper has a new look! So does the rest of the PS Audio website, the result of countless hours of hard work. There's more functionality and easier access to articles, and additional developments...

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Open Reel Tape: The Ultimate Analog Source? Par...

Issue 133DEEP DIVE

In the previous article in this series (Issue 132), we discussed the rationale for listening to open reel tapes in this era of digital music. If you love certain artists and their...

Lend Me Your Ears

Issue 133AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

A circa late 19th or early 20th century proto-jukebox. Listeners paid a nickel to hear music through ear tubes. From Sound and Hearing, Life Science Library, 1965. An Audio Classics...

Roye Albrighton: Nektar’s Diamond in the Rough

Issue 133TRUE-LIFE ROCK TALES

  [Editor’s Note: Ken previously wrote about progressive rock group Nektar in Issue 115 and Issue 116.] By Nektar’s second American tour in 1975-76, Roye Albrighton (lead guitar player and singer) had stopped...

The Flow of Influences On Buying Equipment

Issue 133FEATURED

What influences the equipment you buy? Make no mistake, none of us buy audio or musical instrument gear without being affected by past inspirations. I suppose my earliest memory of...

Getting High, Part Two

Issue 133NEW VISTAS

In Part One (Issue 132), Alón began his quest to scale the heights of Kala Patthar near Mount Everest in Nepal. The story continues here. After our terrifying landing at...

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man, A World-Class Keyb...

Issue 133DISCIPLES OF SOUND

Rock and roll documentaries have become fairly predictable. Over the past year alone I think I must have watched about two dozen. They tend to follow a formula, and if...

The Big Move, Part Three

Issue 133REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

In Part One and Part Two, J.I. Agnew wrote about the difficulties of moving an entire recording and mastering facility, complete with machine shop, grand piano, literal tons of equipment...

Groove Essentials: Four80East

Issue 133FEATURED

This story began with hamsters and a squeak toy over 20 years ago and evolved into a unique contemporary jazz project called Four80East. In their own words: “We make groovy,...

Be Here Now: Recommended New Rock

Issue 133BE HERE NOW

Welcome to the new edition of Be Here Now, a column/playlist where we compile inspired new music for busy folks who would like to discover outstanding contemporary artists. Here is a...

Confessions of a Setup Man Part 12: Failed Expe...

Issue 133FRANKLY SPEAKING

Many audiophiles are tinkerers. We’re constantly striving to squeeze the last iota of performance out of our audio systems, or we just like to putz with stuff, or we’re obsessive-compulsive....

Bach's Saint John Passion

Issue 133TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

High on my list of all-time favorite Bach arias is “Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten,” which translates as “I follow you likewise with joyful steps.” Scored for soprano...

Our Staff

Issue 133MASTHEAD

Staff Writers:J.I. Agnew, Ray Chelstowski, Cliff Chenfeld, Jay Jay French, Tom Gibbs, Roy Hall, Rich Isaacs, Anne E. Johnson, Don Kaplan, Don Lindich, Tom Methans, B. Jan Montana, Rudy Radelic,...

Up Close and Personal

Issue 133PARTING SHOT

Tommy Castro plays some soulful blues on a well-worn Stratocaster.

The Band: Pulling Their Weight

Issue 133OFF THE CHARTS

When Canadian rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins put together a backing band in 1958 called the Hawks, probably no one realized it would morph into one of the major groups in...

Black Sabbath Mark II: Deluxe Edition Reissues

Issue 133TO BE DETERMINED

My experiences with Black Sabbath go all the way back to my pre-teen years, and most of their classic music has been ingrained into my psyche throughout most of my...

Dinah Washington: What a Difference the Blues Make

Issue 133TRADING EIGHTS

St. Luke’s Baptist Church has served Chicago’s Black community on the South Side since 1918. One of its parishioners in the 1930s was a girl named Ruth Lee Jones, who...

United Recording Studios: An Industry Legend

Issue 133DEEP DIVE

This year’s AES Fall Show 2020 was conducted virtually, due to COVID-19 restrictions in New York, which prevented the convention from being held in the Javits Center, its usual venue....