Copper


Issue 38

Issue 38Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #38! Just as there are continual changes in the audio business, we've got some changes here at Copper. I'm excited to introduce yet another new writer: Gautam Raja is an essayist and...

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Torture

Issue 38VINTAGE WHINE

Audiophiles are experts at self-torture: “Is the VTA just a hair off?” “Would the titanium spikes be better than the silicon steel ones?” “Should my chair be half an inch...

Roon: What's It Building In There??

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 38MUSIC

A couple of years ago, along with a DirectStream DAC, I bought an older Mac Mini. Why older? The price was “attractive”, and I got the last model you could...

A Vivid System, Indeed

Issue 38IN MY ROOM

I probably have a pretty standard story as far as the evolution of my system goes. I started listening to music seriously back when I was still a teenager, with...

Changes at B&W/Classe

Issue 38INDUSTRY NEWS

[This is another occasion upon which press-releases cannot be relied, because there aren’t any. I’ll piece together the timeline to the best of my ability, and link to other reports...

High-End Audio: In Need of Higher Fidelity to I...

Issue 38FEATURED

Musings from a long-time listener upon entering the hi-fi industry I remember the exact moment the switch flipped. I was in my early twenties when I hit “play” and was...

Mistakes

Issue 38FEATURED

If you’re human, you make mistakes. Sometimes they are driven by emotion, sometimes by ignorance. But you’re never going to escape them, and you’ll always be sorry you didn’t, or...

The King Lives!… and King Gizzard?

Issue 38SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

Elvis Presley DVD: Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert “Live” From Memphis Single DVD Available from Amazon Occasionally  there are performances that cause you to completely change your opinion about the artist....

Deep Purple—In Rock

Issue 38MUSIC TO MY EARS

Ok.  This is how shit happens. In 1967 Chris Curtis, former drummer for the Searchers, had an idea to start what would essentially be a supergroup where the members would rotate. ...

Deborah Conway

Issue 38... AND INDIE FOR ALL

I liked Deborah Conway the moment I learned she had an album called Bitch Epic. Fortunately, that album lives up to its name, and the rest of this Australian singer-songwriter’s output is...

A Factory Visit

Issue 38MUSIC'AL NOTES

The first two shots of  slivovitz—plum brandy— went down easily, the third even easier, and the fourth and the fifth… It was 8.30 in the morning. This was my first...

Wine and Chocolate

Issue 38HOBGOBLIN

I don’t drink wine, but I’m fascinated by it. The rituals, the industry, the marketing. I do drink chocolate, because I decided I need some sort of vice, and after...

Is It Worth It?

issue 38THE AUDIO CYNIC

I want to consider a topic seriously, minus my usual snark. It’s not a feel-good topic; if anything, it’s the opposite of that. Why do successful, widely-admired artists keep killing...

Pledge(s) of Allegiance

Issue 38TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

I’ve been reviewing classical records for, like, ever. In the process I think I’ve begun to figure out what matters and what shouldn’t. Naturally, I’ve made a list. Two lists,...

Tim's Vermeer

Issue 38QUIBBLES AND BITS

Not long ago, I watched a documentary on Netflix from Sony Classics called Tim’s Vermeer.  It was a profoundly interesting program, one I felt was worth writing about.  I urge you to seek...