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Happy holidays, everyone. We at Copper wish all of you the very best. The past couple of seasons have obviously been tough on everyone, but we also have plenty to be thankful... Read more...

AES Show Fall 2021 Highlights, Part One

As 2021 entered the fourth quarter, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) held its annual fall show online in October, because of the pandemic still being in effect. Thankfully, the show... Read more...

Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim

Readers don’t necessarily rely on Copper for theatrical news, but there is a good reason why the recent passing of Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) should matter to anyone interested in music:... Read more...

The Knob With the Misleading Name

Component audio systems were still comparatively rare when my college roommates and I put one together (see my article in Issue 149), but there was at least one other in... Read more...

Who Decides What’s Good or Bad? And, Some Mini-Reviews

In the process of putting together a list of 150 favorite albums for Issue 150, the thought struck me yet again: what determines whether music is good or bad, anyway? I think... Read more...

Our Heads Are Spinning

Fit for a King (Marilyn King of the King Sisters, that is): the Roberts 990 stereo tape recorder. Courtesy of the Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording. Recording engineer and TEC... Read more...

Audiophile Heaven, Revisited

What will the audiophile section of heaven be like? Andy pondered it briefly in Issue 149, and pays another visit here: There will be a Hawaiian lagoon with PerfectWaves controlled... Read more...

Adele: Too Big to Fail

One of my daughter’s colleagues at work was asked to do a task while on a mini-break, expressing some reluctance as he pulled pods out of his ears. “You’re taking... Read more...

Around the World in 80 Lathes, Part One

Audiophiles and record collectors often obsess about what kind of turntable or tonearm or cartridge works best for a certain record. In the process, they go to great lengths in... Read more...

They Don’t Make 'Em Like They Used To…(Part Two)

As I said in Part One (Issue 149), I like physical media. There’s something about having the information and artwork that comes with LPs and CDs that seems essential to... Read more...

Scenes From Capital Audiofest 2021, Part Two

In Part One (Issue 150) we featured write-ups on Capital Audiofest 2021 from Steve Kindig and Harris Fogel. We wrap up our coverage with more photos from the show taken... Read more...

Shop Class

In my first installment, “When I Was A Boy,” (Issue 150) I spun a yarn of growing up as a budding audiophile by using song titles as references. Many of... Read more...

The Nightingale Has Landed

Taken at the Aztec Ruins National Monument in Aztec, New Mexico. The nightingale is part of a mural depicting the ancient site. The arm and hand are more recently posed!... Read more...

Pilgrimage to Sturgis, Part Nine

Interstate 90 back to Spearfish was packed with Harleys doing 55 – while sounding like they were going 105. I soon tired of the freight-train pace, waved to the renegades,... Read more...

Back To My Reel-To-Reel Roots, Part Four: Making eBay Profitable

By now it has been established that my renewed interest in reel-to-reel is unnaturally narrow, in that I am not a recordist in any manner. I may be the only... Read more...

Burt Bacharach: The A&M Years

Previous installments of our series on Burt Bacharach appeared in Issues 146, 147, 148 and 149. Instrumentally Bacharach As the tail end of the Dionne Warwick era came closer, Burt... Read more...

One Size Fits All? Part Two: Mind the Gap

In our previous article (Issue 150), we discussed the fact that selecting the “small” setting on your receiver or A/V preamp/processor in the speaker setup menu allows you to assign... Read more...

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