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We are free from advertising and subscribing to Copper is free.Ĭopper’s comments sections are moderated. Ivan Berger, Steven Bryan Bieler, Steve Kindig, Ted Shafran, Bob Wood Jan Montana, Rudy Radelic, Tim Riley, Wayne Robins, Alón Sagee, Ken Sander, John Seetoo, Russ Welton, Adrian Wu Johnson, Don Kaplan, Ken Kessler, Don Lindich, Stuart Marvin, Tom Methans, B. Agnew, Ray Chelstowski, Andrew Daly, Harris Fogel, Jay Jay French, Tom Gibbs, Roy Hall, Rich Isaacs, Anne E. We end the issue with a sow’s ear, the look of love, a high-ranking stereo system, and a confusing perspective. Agnew creates a strange electrochemical synthesizer.

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We have two international guest articles: Canada’s PMA magazine offers advice on i mproving your sound system with your mind, and Germany’s FIDELITY celebrates the 140 th anniversary of turntable legend Thorens. Russ Welton offers advice on subwoofer setup. Professor Larry Schenbeck concludes his series on the role of the violin in the orchestra. J.I. John Seetoo finishes his interview with legendary mastering engineer Steve Hoffman.

Jan Montana contemplates Zen and the art of sound reproduction. We rewind Ken Kessler’s series on reel-to-reel tape. Johnson likes Brooklyn indie band Sunflower Bean and virtuoso composer/harpsichordist Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. B. Jay Jay French talks about a few of his major guitar heroes. I pay a visit to the audiologist, and have to face the music. In this issue: Harris Fogel and the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society visit AudioQuest, and two California dealers. Who can say where they're blowing? – Roxy Music, “More Than This” So, keep the lights on with your equipment - it helps everything live longer and sound better. But a purely electronic piece like a power amp or preamp are better left powered on at all times - with but few exceptions. I think the myth that products wear out started with tubes and mechanical devices like turntables, CD transport mechanisms, hard drives etc. Your electronics take a small thrashing every time you plug and unplug them from the power. Why? Because the inrush current to charge your power supply up takes its toll over time - while steady state power has no such problem. If you switch off the power to your equipment day in and day out it won't last as long as simply leaving it powered on.

I think most of us understand that when a piece of high-end gear has been warmed up and burned in for some time it sounds better - but there seems to be a common misunderstanding that left on it wears out - when actually the opposite is true. Important to keep your equipment powered up and at the ready - as long as we're talking solid state not tubes. I wanted to touch on this subject once more because I think it's important. In an earlier post I mentioned that we were one of the guys who first introduced the idea to high-end audio of just turning the front panel light off instead of the power.