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    Cheers, mate. When Megan grows up, you should defo go there for a family holiday, as you'd love it!

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    Stunning views, I'm not showing SWMBO though as she's looking for destination for 60th b/day break next year and the wallet may not be so understanding at that time.
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    Lol.... Probably wise, mate, but there are plenty of more affordable hotels/chalets around the area to stay than where we did, and it's not that expensive to eat out

    Marco.
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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.

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    Congratulations! Lovely area. It's been nearly 40 years since I was last there, and your lovely photos make me think it's about time for a return visit. Not sure how the boss will react to fore-going the usual week in Skeggie, though

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    fantastic photos . we adore Austria and this summer we were in the dolomites [like Austrian part of Italy ]

    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
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    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
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    Cheers, guys. Yes, we also love the Dolomites, and have often crossed them when driving to Italy. The views and scenery are stunning

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    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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  7. #27
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    Phil,
    Quote Originally Posted by hifinutt View Post
    fantastic photos . we adore Austria and this summer we were in the dolomites [like Austrian part of Italy ]

    being an Austrian myself, I have to confess that landscapes as on your above photo as well as on the photos from Marco’s wedding anniversary seem to originate from my most anxious, claustrophobic and oppressive nightmares ;-) My parents both come from the few flat regions of Austria, so I guess my preference for wide open, free landscapes is genetically conditioned.



    My father’s roots: Burgenland, in the eastern part of Austria, near the Austrian/Hungarian border. Part of the Pannonian Basin, called “Puszta” in Hungary and Austria.




    More Burgenland.




    My mothers’s roots: Lower Austria, in the northern part of Austria, close to the Czech border.


    During the last ten or fifteen years the climate change influenced the Austrian weather very badly. Extreme temperatures between –59 °F in winter and up to +104 °F in the summertime are difficult to bear for elderly men with lung diseases (COPD, pulmonary emphysema) like me. Spring and autumn do not seem to exist anymore. I’m looking for places with a constant climate between +59 °F and +77 °F, ideally with sea air, to spend my remaining years in retirement.

    Being a passionate cyclist since my earliest childhood (I don’t even have a driving license), the places in Europe where I feel most comfortable are North Germany (Lower Saxony) and the Netherlands. Both are quite flat and low, sometimes even below sea level.



    Baumkirchen near Innsbruck, Tyrol, where I lived since my resettlement from Vienna in summer 2004.


    I’m happy that you and Marco enjoy the Austrian mountains that much.

    Werner.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Cheers, Alan. Have you been to Austria before? We love it, and having been again this time would seriously consider retiring there, as we love the climate, the people and the way of life

    Marco.
    yes and its not too costly to live there . mind you we have been looking at prices this year and they have risen , i guess because of brexit
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
    … Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
    And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down

    Eric Bibb

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    thanks werner for those lovely pics . how utterly amazing to have a tyrolean resident on aos . fantsatic . you would not have liked the high altitudes of the dolomites with the thin air if you have copd !!! even i was panting a bit
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
    … Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
    And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down

    Eric Bibb

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    Marco, lovely looking hotel and scenery is breathtaking.

    Good times to cherish, someday you'll look back on these as the good old days!

    Congratulations on your anniversary.

    P.S. You don't get many chips with those dinners

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