Copper


Issue 14

Issue 14Opening Salvo

As we draw nearer to the time of the World Series, we have several series featured in Copper #14---two concluding, two beginning. Paul McGowan begins a new column, Back to Basics, in this issue....

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Subwoofery: Trick or Treat?

Issue 14FEATURED

Part 2 – “Fast” bass? Really??? … … Just when I think some errant audiophile terminology is finally extinct, it rears its ugly head again.  I am still amazed when...

What’s New?

Issue 14INCOMING LETTERS

Our correspondence this issue was dominated by the contest from the Audio Cynic. The question was, “What is there in audio that’s truly new?” Snippets from the answers are shown below; our...

Swang!

benny goodmanIssue 14MUSIC TO MY EARS

“The Texas Playboys are on the air!” With two quick pizza-ricotta fiddle strokes to set the time the boys were off and running with The Playboy Theme. “Now listen everybody from near and...

Are We Keeping Up? (With Inflation)

Issue 14InfinityVINTAGE WHINE

This issue we’re going to take a slight detour from our usual bios and company histories. Don’t worry: the Wayback Machine will still get a workout. Along with being a...

Why separates?

b and w mm1Issue 14BACK TO BASICS

I often wonder if more people aren’t willing to get involved with great sounding audio systems because they are intimidated by all the stuff. One look at the back of even...

On the way to Mills Lake

Issue 14PARTING SHOT

Midmorning, summer, Rocky Mountain National Park iPhone 6

It’s the (Crappy) Music, Stupid

Issue 14THE AUDIO CYNIC

As may be obvious after 13 of these columns, I like to ask questions. Part of the reason is that I am honestly curious to understand how other folks think;...

The Pepsi Challenge

Issue 14QUIBBLES AND BITS

With the rise of computer-based high-end audio playback, a very interesting question is whether it is best to perform volume control in the digital or analog domain.  I thought I...

Thoughts On Triage

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 14MUSIC

(As mentioned in the last issue, David Baerwald’s Triage was a remarkable work, alternately rageful and lyrical in its view of the America of 1992. Baerwald’s sardonic view of LA had first been heard...

Box Sets: Threat or Menace?

Issue 14TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

I hate it when my most cherished assumptions take a beating. I’ve never been a fan of boxes, so imagine my shock and horror this month when Gramophone featured a gushing tribute...

Diving into Opera, and Surfacing with Joy (part...

Issue 14MY TURN

Continued from Part I The History of Opera Although the score to what is reputed to be the first opera, Jacopo Peri’s Dafne (1598), has been lost, the oldest frequently performed opera, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (1607),...

London Calling

Issue 14FEATURED

Ending this series with a description of the UK hi-fi scene circa 2016 will bore you to tears, so apologies in advance: globalization has seen to a great leveling, and...