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back in the day me burd's family lived in the mountains near Lausanne(at least i think it was) in a farmhouse. french speaking area I think and fairly close to biggish cities and transport links but out and away too... beautiful views.etc. handy for shopping in France too
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Yup, I know of Lausanne. Beautiful place. Not sure of its geographical suitability though, in terms of what we'd be looking for. I'm kind of thinking somewhere as equidistant as possible from Italy, France and Germany, and preferably out in the sticks.Originally Posted by struth
All we'd need is access to somewhere that sells a reasonable range of quality provisions, and has a few bars and cafes, so it need only be near a decent-sized town
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oops, sorry was away... Hard to say. There are so many nice places around the Lac Léman.. if you are into mountains, then the Valais would be the sort of place you could get away from civilisation and maybe even find a Chalet (Raccard) at a reasonable price. The hills behind Montreux are very picturesque as well with a stunning view over the lake. The (Swiss) Jura which runs along the Western side of Switzerland is very beautiful as well but can get quite isolated in winter.Hi, Nathanaël,
Welcome to AoS! What a textbook introduction - nice one
You live in a beautiful country; somewhere I'd possibly like to move to in a few years. My family come from Tuscany, in Italy, so I've always had the notion of living somewhere in Switzerland that would provide reasonably easy access (by car) to Italy, France and Germany, as I love France too, and my wife has many relatives in Germany.
In that respect, which would you say would be the ideal area to live? We like being away from it all, preferably up in the mountains, somewhere picturesque, well away from any big cities
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I'm rupert.
Italy and France are very close to the Valais. Aosta is on the other side of the Grand St. Bernard tunnel and Evian is opposite Lausanne, Divonne is just behind Nyon. Main airport would be Geneva. If you would like to be closer to Germany you would have to move north, closer to Neuchâtel. Very nice place as well and prices are more affordable. The lake of Neuchâtel and the surroundings are very picturesque. Move even further north, and you cross the "Rösti Graben" into the Swiss German part of Switzerland. Btw. the Nagra factory is just around the corner from where I live ;-).Yup, I know of Lausanne. Beautiful place. Not sure of its geographical suitability though, in terms of what we'd be looking for. I'm kind of thinking somewhere as equidistant as possible from Italy, France and Germany, and preferably out in the sticks.
All we'd need is access to somewhere that sells a reasonable range of quality provisions, and has a few bars and cafes, so it need only be near a decent-sized town
Marco.
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Cheers for that, Rups. Something to think about... I think the lifestyle would be fab (every day would be a holiday)!
Do you get discounts on Nagra, via the 'back door'?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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no, unfortunately not. And even if I did the discount would have to be absolutely massiveCheers for that, Rups. Something to think about... I think the lifestyle would be fab (every day would be a holiday)!
Do you get discounts on Nagra, via the 'back door'?
Marco.
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