As our readers know, we are huge fans of headphones and earphones. The Audeze MM-500 and Audeze MM-100 Planar Magnetic Headphones are high on Santa’s list, and the Audeze Maxwell Wireless Gaming Headset is the best sounding gaming headphone we have ever heard. Want a great sounding sounding, incredibly comfortable headphone at a bargain price, check out the Dekoni x Hifiman Cobalt Closed Back Dynamic Headphones. Need a handy pair of inexpensive Bluetooth headphones, check out the iLive Active Noise Cancellation Bluetooth Headphones. One of the most interesting sport headphones we’ve tested are the Cleer ARC II Sport Smart Open Ear True Wireless Headphone, which allows you to hear the outside world, yet music and voice come through clearly. A new name in audio, Status, just released a nifty new model, the Between 3 ANC Triple Driver Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds. Read on for our full reviews!

Harris Fogel, Nancy Burlan, and Frank Schramm, posted 12/05/2023

An interview with master digital printer Jack Duganne, who began printing for Graham Nash, and who coined the term “Giclée,” and later founded Duganne Atellier. If you ever wondered where fine-art digital printmaking began, then listen to this interview. Recorded at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Photoshop World Conference, Las Vegas, in September 2006 by Harris Fogel. (28:01)

Harris Fogel, Posted 11/5/2006; Reposted and updated 8/12/2023

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 transistor radio, listening to Mets games. He let me try it, and even though the sound was a bit staticky and tinny, it was this amazing journey into another world. CanJam, an enthusiastic celebratory gathering of all things headphones, earphones, dedicated amps, DACs, and accessories, offered visitors a choice from $50 units to headphones and electronics costing many thousands of dollars. CanJams are held at various US and international locations, most recently at the New York Marriott Marquis. Everyone there was in high spirits.

Harris Fogel, originally published in Copper Magazine 188, 5/15/2023

OK, so why does DAM matter to audiophiles and photographers, and well, just about everyone else on the planet who does searches on the internet? Because without it, you couldn’t play your favorite song, from either streaming sources or even locally-stored music files. The importance of DAM was in evidence at the last DAM New York 2022 conference, organized by Henry Stewart Conferences, held at the New York Hilton Midtown in September 2022. Digital asset management is a way of organizing and making data searchable. In many ways it doesn't much matter what the data is. DAM can work for music data, video files, graphics files such as photographs and those created by Adobe Illustrator – in fact, just about anything digital.

Harris Fogel, originally published in Copper Magazine 185, 4/3/2023