sargonicuse
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| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Apologies for this late contribution. I am just catching up on reading the NYT Book Review list of the Best Books of 2024. Among them is this: "Every Valley": The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's "Messiah" by Charles King. ... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Thank you, @bruce19. I do hope that others take a chance to read this. One more outstanding presentation is the 2014 film docu-drama "Handel's Messiah" with Jane Seymour narrating. Available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9JuSAqLBjAM?si=GF9vsxF... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" By coincidence, the December 25th edition of the New York Times had a wonderful article on Charles Jennens who provided the text for Handel's Messiah. The article titled "Two Men Wrote The Messiah. You Know One Of Them." is linked here: https://w... | |
| Replacing Bryston 4BST for Aerial 10Ts A couple of years ago I provided a detailed post here regarding this same subject which I can now no longer find. I own a Bryston 4BST that at that time was a few years past the 20-year warranty. Bryston had an upgrade program in place for any ... | |
| Help on ancient Audionics CC-2s @rwwear Thank you very much for posting this! I, too, owned an Audionics CC-2 and the BT-2 preamplifier that I enjoyed for more than twenty years before the CC-2 died one day in a spark and puff of smoke when I turned it on. Even though I lived in... | |
| Best Audiophile/Music T-Shirts The "Bob Marley" t-shirt image is actually one of the most iconic photos of guitar god Jimi Hendrix! Bob Marley, the master Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, is always pictured with his famous dreadlocks!! bob marley - Bob Marley Photo (... | |
| Bringing Bryston 4B back to 1997 new. I am a long-time Bryston owner. Because Bryston 4B amplifiers have been in continuous production since 1978 a helpful hint in discussions is to always include the specific generation of the 4B amplifier being discussed. A 4B amplifier that was n... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? OOPS! The date of that first pair of Magnepans should be 1979! I'm older than I remembered! | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? Magnepan MG 1's. Bought my first pair in 1999 and kept for years before upgrading to the MG 1.4. Then started a 20+ year course of my career that required multiple relocations. Couldn't carry large planar speakers on that path. Now retired, settle... |