Copper


On the Road Again

Issue 64Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #87! Family business had me on a plane yet again, this time to Las Vegas---and believe me, it takes family to get me to Vegas in June. Daytime temps...

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Miraculously, Best Buy Lives

Issue 64INDUSTRY NEWS

Industry News has written many times about brick and mortar consumer electronics stores that have crashed,burned, and disappeared: Radio Shack, hh gregg, Circuit City—even Toys ‘R’ Us, once the 22nd-largest seller of consumer electronics products...

Tubular Bells

Issue 64HAND PICKED

When I was a wee lad, back in the U.K., my Dad would, on occasion, sit me down in the living room and place his yellow-spongey-ear-foam’d Sennheiser headphones on my...

Orlando Gibbons

Issue 64SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

The rich, velveteen sound of the English classical tradition, exemplified in the 20th century by Ralph Vaughn Williams, has deep historical roots. One of the most significant and influential nodes in...

What Will Be "Vintage" in 2068?

Issue 64VINTAGE WHINE

As I’ve discussed/ranted many times in this column, to me, “vintage audio” means, oh, 1968 and earlier. One hopes, much earlier. But I’m old. If you look at any craigslist...

"It's All About the Music"

Issue 64THE AUDIO CYNIC

When I encounter an audiophile or a show-exhibitor with a massive, megabuck system playing a tight playlist of only audiophile-approved tracks and they tell me, “it’s all about the music,”...

Dan Fogelberg

Issue 64OFF THE CHARTS

There was a time when Dan Fogelberg’s albums sold like crazy, but a lot of people made fun of his sappy sound [me, amongst them—sorry! —Ed.]. The fact is, he...

Winds From the North

Issue 64TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Oh Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838), where have you been all my life? I was a clarinet major for three semesters. I avidly collected recordings: Reginald Kell, Harold Wright, Richard Stoltzman,...

Concerts

Issue 64MUSIC'AL NOTES

Unsurprisingly, music has played a central role in my life. Music can be emotional, erotic, transcendent, hypnotic and, in some cases, downright terrible. One. Many years ago while visiting Glasgow...

So a Drummer Walks Into a Bar....

Issue 64TWISTED SYSTEMS

A little light summer diversion: -What is the difference between a drummer and a pepperoni pizza? A pepperoni pizza can feed a family of four.   -What do throw a...

Goodnight, Irene

Issue 64QUIBBLES AND BITS

I do enjoy a Single Malt scotch … the good stuff.  I mean the really good stuff.  The stuff that’s eye-wateringly expensive.  Consequently, even though I do have a selection of perhaps...