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CanJam 2024, Part One: Diversity in All Things ...
CanJam is an audio show dedicated to headphones and their associated components: headphone amps, DACs, cables and accessories. It’s the premier show of its kind, with events in New York,...
Behind the Scenes at Music’s Biggest Night: The...
The Crypto.com Arena (or the Staples Center, if you’re old school in downtown Los Angeles), is an imposing structure, appearing even more starkly colossal when devoid of Lakers, Clippers, or...
The 2024 NAMM Show: A Very Big Event for Music ...
Last January 25-28, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) gathered all types of music makers together for the 2024 NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. It featured all...
Another Look at Capital Audiofest 2023
I was trying to think about the first audio show I attended. I couldn’t remember. Part of the reason for that was that because when I was young, there weren’t...
Capital Audiofest 2023: A Show Grows in Maryland
The most recent Capital Audiofest took place where it has for the past few years, at the Hilton Rockville in Rockville, Maryland. It’s grown from a casual affair in 2010...
The Audio Video Show 2023 from Warsaw, Poland
Copper has an exchange program with FIDELITY magazine (and others), where we share articles, including this one, between publications. The Right Kind of DifferentFounded 27 years ago, the Audio Video Show in...
On the Scene at AES New York 2023
As Frank Doris and John Seetoo noted elsewhere in this issue, AES New York 2023 was a rousing success. The conference always has something for everyone; it’s a trade show...
AES New York 2023: The Audio Engineering Societ...
Because of COVID, I was unable to attend the Audio Engineering Society’s (AES) annual convention in 2022, so I was particularly stoked to go to AES New York 2023, held...
Scenes and Gear from T.H.E. Show 2023
Our intrepid photographer/correspondent Harris Fogel was on the scene at T.H.E. Show 2023. As always, he took many photos of people and gear, and we present them here. For additional...
The Return of theCalifornia Audio Show
It had been a long wait. The ninth annual California Audio Show took place in 2019, but COVID concerns forced the postponement of the 10th. While the rest of the...
Munich HIGH END 2023, Part Three: Loudspeakers
Copper has an exchange program with FIDELITY magazine (and others), where we share articles, including this one, between publications. Alles so schön bunt hier “Alles so schön bunt hier” (It’s all so...
Taylor Swift and the Eras Tour, and I Was There
Taylor Swift is one of those artists who truly needs no introduction. OK, briefly: she began writing songs at age 14 and really started to hit it big in 2008...
A Look Back at CES 2023
Editor’s Note: You might have noticed that some of our show reports happen quite some time after the shows occur. This is because of a variety of factors. It takes...
Munich HIGH END 2023, Part Two: Electronics
Copper has an exchange program with FIDELITY magazine (and others), where we share articles, including this one, between publications. A Renaissance for the Integrated Amplifier It was needed. For many, it...
Still More from AXPONA 2023
Part One of Don’s show report ran in Issue 190. Editor’s Note: You might have noticed that some of our show reports happen sometime after the shows occur. This is...
Munich HIGH END 2023, Part One: Analog Hi-Fi
Copper has an exchange program with FIDELITY magazine (and others), where we share articles, including this one, between publications. Simply unbreakable: the High End 2023 broke all records – both...
The Munich High End Audio Show 2023, Part Two
Part One of this show report appeared in Issue 190. Even though I had been meaning to attend HIGH END, the Munich high-end audio show for a number of...
The 2023 NAMM Show: Craftsmanship and Artistry
The National Association of Music Merchants or NAMM Show takes place annually in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center, and is one of the largest music trade shows in...
Another AXPONA 2023 Show Report
Editor’s Note: You might have noticed that some of our show reports happen some time after the shows occur. This is because of a variety of factors – it takes...
A Visit to Jean Hiraga and the Munich High End ...
Even though I have been meaning to attend HIGH END, the Munich high-end audio show, for a number of years, this is the first year I have managed to make...
CanJam New York 2023: Getting Enthusiastic Abou...
I’m not sure about you, but my first notion of headphones or earphones came from my grandfather, Milton, who had one of those little mono earphones plugged into his little...
AXPONA 2023: Accessories Make the (Audio) Outfit
It’s been one of those years. Too many things going on, several distractions at home, travel schedules, inflation, and my constant state of mental disarray lately all meant that AXPONA...
A Visit to an Audio Engineering Society (AES) C...
The AES (Audio Engineering Society) conventions are among the most important shows in professional audio, which means that what you hear there today will have an impact on home listeners...
The DAM NYC Conference: Why Digital Asset Manag...
Q: What did the fish say when it bumped its head? A: DAM! So, I used to tell this kids’ joke to my students in digital imaging when speaking about...
CanJam New York 2023: The Audiophile and Pro Au...
The CanJam NYC 2023 headphones show at New York’s Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square was a much-anticipated event. Well attended, although somewhat smaller in the number of exhibitors and...
An Audio Journey, and More Photos from Capital ...
One of the most interesting and revealing aspects of an audio show is how it forces one to consider their own audio journey. Mine was pretty simple. It started with...
Capital Audiofest: Up Close and Personal, Part Two
In Part One of our Capital Audiofest 2022 coverage (Issue 180), I touched upon the family nature of the specialty audio business. And I’ve found it interesting how the industry...
Capital Audiofest 2022: Up Close and Personal, ...
My wife, Nancy Burlan, editor and reporter for Mac Edition Radio, asked me: “should we attend the Capital Audiofest this year.?” That was back in July 2022. It seemed like...
AES Fall 2022 New York – The Live Event Returns...
After two years of only streaming of their biannual New York show online due to the pandemic, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) returned to their live event presentation format at...
AES Fall 2022 New York – The Live Event Returns...
Since the pandemic erupted, many live trade shows and expos had their events suspended, or were forced to create a live streaming alternative. The Audio Engineering Society (AES) was no...
The New York Audio Show 2022, Part Three
Previous installments of our New York Audio Show 2022 reporting appeared in Issue 174 and Issue 172. The folks from TreeHaus Audiolab were exhibiting one of the audio world’s most...
The New York Audio Show 2022, Part Two
Even though Manhattan is the center of the photography universe, amazingly, it’s never had its own major photography festival. Sure, there are events like PhotoPlus Expo, held each fall at...
The NAMM Show 2022, Part Two
Part One of Copper’s NAMM 2022 Show report ran in Issue 172. Sony is a company whose presence was all over NAMM 2022, similar to how Adobe impacts any photography...
A Visit to The 2022 New York Audio Show, Part One
The New York Audio Show returned after a bit of a break, and it was nice to get back to a local event I had attended for the first time...
The NAMM Show 2022, Part One
When photography was in the process of being invented, two brilliant gents, Ferdinand Hurter (1844 – 1898) and Vero Charles Driffield (1848 – 1915), using a sewing machine and a...
T.H.E. Show 2022 Report, Part Two
The reasons for audio shows are basically to sell product. Am I being too cynical? Perhaps, but almost everyone involved needs to have a positive ROI (return on investment), a...
Back and Revitalized: T.H.E. Show 2022, Part One
One of the first audio shows I attended after what is hopefully the end of the pandemic was T.H.E. Show 2022, held at the Hilton Long Beach Hotel in California...
AES Europe Spring 2022, Part Three
(Copper Issue 166 featured coverage of AES Europe Spring 2022 presentations that included a look at the intricacies of tuning high-performance audio systems for automobiles; a study on the changes in how consumers...
AES Europe Spring 2022, Part Two
(Copper Issue 165 featured Part One of our coverage of the Audio Engineering Society AES Europe Spring 2022 convention from The Netherlands. Part One covered presentations on the use of analog vs. digital...
AES Europe Spring 2022, Part One
AES Europe Spring 2022 was held at The Hague in The Netherlands from May 16 – 19, 2022. The overall high standard that the Audio Engineering Society has maintained in...
Fest for Beatles Fans Gets Back
I recently attended my first Fest for Beatles Fans in 20 years. I needed to recharge my Beatles batteries, which I did on April 4 and 5 at the New...
CES 2022, Part Three
On to the Show Floor! After seeing the offerings from Cambridge Audio and Meze Audio at the Bellagio hotel (see my coverage in Issue 154 and Issue 155), I headed...
CES 2022: A Different Kind of Show
CES 2022 struck me as an example of “on the other hand.” What I mean by this, is that fellow Mac Edition Radio editor Nancy Burlan and I debated whether...
A CES 2022 Report, Part Two
Part One of this show report appeared in Issue 154. It continues with more coverage from The Digital Experience!, an event that is hosted by media event company Pepcom on...
CES 2022 Show Report, Part One
Returning as a live show after being held as an all-virtual event in 2021, the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place from January 5th through 8th, 2022 in Las...
AES Show Fall 2021, Part Four
In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) held its annual fall show online. The show’s seminars and interviews were recorded for on-demand viewing, so once again...
AES Show Fall 2021 Highlights, Part Three
In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) held its annual fall show online in October, because of the pandemic still being in effect. The show seminars...
AES Show Fall 2021 Highlights, Part Two
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...
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...
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...