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Table of Contents – Issue 216
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen In this issue: I have a first look at Florida Audio Expo 2025. Octave Records releases its latest album: jazz pianist...
Talking With Triad Magnetics: Demystifying the ...
Triad Magnetics is one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of transformers for audio, musical instrument, and industrial applications. Founded in 1943, Triad is based in Perris, California and offers thousands...
Florida Audio Expo 2025: First Impressions (Wit...
I’m writing this after coming back from Florida Audio Expo 2025 (and a few days off) on a drop-dead deadline, so my full report will have to wait until the...
The Vinyl Beat Special Edition: Cataloging Your...
Since we’re in winter, with spring not quite here, I have a little project that music collectors can work on during this slow time of the year. Looking back to...
Octave Records Presents Compelling Original Jaz...
Octave Records continues to expand its catalog of contemporary and classic jazz with the release of Sovereign Mind by Ryan Benthall, who plays piano and analog synthesizer. The album of...
Steely Dan’s Katy Lied, Reissued by Analogue Pr...
So much has been written about Steely Dan that it’s like trying to write about the Beatles. What can I add? I’d venture that 99 percent of Copper readers know...
How to Play in a Rock Band, Part Nine: Look Sharp!
At the beginning of this series, I emphasized that once you’re on stage, you are no longer just a musician – you are a performer. An entertainer, there to give listeners...
Slinky Vagabond: Bowie Replicants
The name of the band is Slinky Vagabond. The new album is The Eternal Return. The band's name comes from a line in David Bowie's song "Young Americans": "Scanning life through the...
The People Who Make Audio Happen: Living Colour...
Editor’s Note: In December 2024 a new high-end brand, Oneiros, the brainchild of Jerry Bloomfield, CEO of Oneiros and of Falcon Acoustics, and designer Graeme Bridge. Their new loudspeaker was...
From The Audiophile's Guide: Understanding Digi...
PS Audio CEO Paul McGowan has launched The Audiophile’s Guide, a 10-book set of the knowledge he’s garnered over the years. It’s a comprehensive collection of practical information, from understanding...
Jimmy Vivino’s Musical Versatility Gets Blues P...
Jimmy Vivino was already a known quantity when he was recruited by Max Weinberg to join Conan O’Brien’s band in 1992 on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. By then, guitarist/keyboardist/singer...
Gabriel Fauré: 100 Years After His Death, Celeb...
About one hundred years ago, on November 4th, 1924, Gabriel Fauré, the most elegant and certainly most underrated of the great French composers, passed away. Underrated, because his personality – jovial,...
A Report From the NAMM Show 2025
The NAMM Show 2025 was held during the fourth week of January 2025 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. This is the biggest show of the year for all...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 15
Producing what one considers to be revelations from what is the “bloody obvious,” as the British would say, is a waste of anybody’s time. What could I possibly tell Copper's...
PS Audio in the News
The BHK Signature 300 power amplifier and BHK Signature 600 were included in The Absolute Sound’s 2025 Editors’ Choice awards. TAS called the BHK Signature 300 “…a rich, natural, and...
The Cat's Meow
"Designed by Charles Eames and the Stephens Tru-Sonic engineering staff," this 1950s E3 loudspeaker still looks modern today. Was the retractable horn an early form of time alignment? Measuring...
Ansuz Acoustics’ PowerSwitch D3: High-End Netwo...
I previously shared photos in this space of the Axxess Forte 1 streaming integrated amplifier/digital-to-analog converter (in Issue 207). Along with Aavik, Ansuz, and Børresen, Axxess is a brand of...
How to Post Comments on Copper
We get queries on how to post comments at the end of Copper articles. Here's how to get set up to leave comments: To comment at the end of an article, you...
Scratching the Surface
This car was on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles last summer as part of an exhibit entitled “Best in Low – Icons of the Street and Show.”...