Walking over the graveyard in Sète …

Geplaatst op 11/05/2012 door hermanvandendungen

While we returned today from our oyster lunch downtown in The Halles of Sète, we passed the graveyard and I was thinking about one of the most famous artists of Sète, singer and poet George Brassens. He was born here in Sète in 1921, died in 1981. Singing and playing guitar, he often mentioned Sète. For example “Bury me on the beach at Sete”. His songs were about friendship, love, death, hypocrisy, small-mindedness … in fact about those favorite subjects for many artists. Sète still gives a lot of attention to Brassens. There is an Espace Brassens where visitors can listen to Brassens through headphones while he guides the visitors through the city and his work.

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We were out for Munich …

Geplaatst op 10/05/2012 door hermanvandendungen

I guess it is clear to most people we were out for Munich High End Show. After that a short visit to Sonus faber in Vicenza. What a beautiful place to be. Good area to spend vacation time! Now we are for a few days in France (till the weekend). It’s a busy week … May 6: Dominique turned .. years old. May 9, my mother turned 88 years old. May 11, I turn .. years old. We cannot complain about the “presents” we got: PrimaLuna ProLogue Premium Integrated Amplifier on the cover of Hi-Fi Choice, an Award for the same in ToneAudio (and classified together with Marantz and McIntosh!! — we become a new cult too???), on the cover of Stereophile! And of course excellent reviews in these magazines. Mystère ia21 was on the cover of a Greek audio magazine and a review which was amazing too. Lot of PRO’s in the conclusion and the only CON they could mention was there was no con …. Thailand reviewed the PrimaLuna ProLogue Premium Preamplifier and Power Amplifiers. It seems like it does not stop and of course we hope it goes on like it has been going the last (and first) 120 years of PrimaLuna … 2013 … PrimaLuna 10 years!!!

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Sonus faber … Grandioso … Fantastico … Meraviglioso … Mozzafiato … Bellissimo …

Geplaatst op 09/05/2012 door hermanvandendungen

Yesterday we visited Sonus faber factory and there are not enough words to describe the hidden beauties of the near future. First I thought that BELLISSIMO would be enough.

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Gryphon – Flemming Rasmussen, The first 25 years …

Geplaatst op 07/05/2012 door hermanvandendungen

Münich, Saturday May 05, 2012. As always I meet Flemming Rasmussen, we shake hands, talk and “remember”. Flemming asks me if I knew he had a book called: The First 25 Years. I knew, but never saw it. I said, if it covers the first 25 years, I should be in it. Might be Flemming says and he goes into his room and returns with a book as a present for me. We briefly went through it and could of course not find any mentioning of “His Highness” J. I told him I wanted him to sign the book and write a message.

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