Copper


Woodsmoke and Oranges

Issue 42Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #42! An all-too-brief vacation in the smoky Pacific Northwest brought to mind that classic album by Paul Siebel (which still holds up pretty well, unlike many albums...

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British & Irish Music

Issue 42SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

I want to talk about British and Irish folk music. And I’d like to start with Henry Purcell. Wait, what? If you look at the entire history of music, it’s...

Dippermouth

Issue 42MUSIC TO MY EARS

January 1, 1901 was a Tuesday in steamy New Orleans.  There were folks, mostly muttering vagrants and journalists, who would say it was Wednesday in China, but these people were...

CEDIA

Issue 42FEATURED

The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association — better known as CEDIA — holds an annual show for audio/video installers and custom home integrators.  It’s a great place to learn about custom...

Massive Layoffs at Harman Pro

Issue 42INDUSTRY NEWS

Back in Copper #27, we reported legal woes at Samsung  and made mention of that company’s purchase of Harman International. As is to be expected when any company is sold to a monolith like...

Value For Money?

Issue 42QUIBBLES AND BITS

Upgrading your Hi-Fi equipment can be both deeply satisfying, and deeply unsatisfactory, and both at the same time. Satisfying, because you have invested in something that you have either wanted...

Wood

Issue 42VINTAGE WHINE

Back in Copper #31, I wrote about the subject of Tone, and how it seems to have vanished as a topic of audio discussions—and really, from consideration as a vital element of audio design....

Alice Phoebe Lou

Issue 42AND INDIE FOR ALL

At the ripe old age of 17, Alice Phoebe Lou decided she’d had enough of life in her native South Africa. She slung her guitar across her back and headed...

Meetings With Remarkable Men, Part 3

Issue 42MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

In the previous two articles, I wrote about encountering Jack Casady and Phil Lesh as a teenager. Of course, I could write pages and pages about the influence of my father (and my brothers)....

Not Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting

Issue 42FEATURED

The popularity of martial arts has grown exponentially in the US in recent years. The sale of the UFC for $4 billion last summer only demonstrates the huge demand for...

MQA Just Ruined My Stereo

Issue 42HOBGOBLIN

[Please note: this piece was originally run in Copper #6,  when distribution of MQA and MQA-encoded files was still very limited. Seth wrote in anticipation of things to come, and was looking forward to not...

Immersion

Issue 42THE AUDIO CYNIC

You’ve probably already figured this out, but I am innately distrustful of fads, buzzwords, and whatevers du jour. I never read a book while it’s on the NYT bestsellers list....

The Beauty of Song Part 2

Issue 42FEATURED

[In the last issue of Copper, Jason Victor Serinus introduced us to the beauty and communicative power of art song. That story paves the way for what follows below.—Ed.] One of the great...

Justice

Issue 42MUSIC'AL NOTES

“I don’t know why I am telling you this. “ said the large woman who a short while ago had hurriedly sat down beside me and fastened her seatbelt. She...