Calling all Audrey Hepburn Fans!!!
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 ATTENTION "HUCKLEBERRY FRIENDS"! With my latest blog post (The Tannhäuser Gate) I bid a warm but not dangerously hot welcome to "Moonriver Audio," of Malmo, Sweden, and their firstmost product, the Moonriver Audio Model 404 Stereo Integrated amplifier. The review starts out: The Moonriver Audio Model 404 is a solid-state stereo integrated amplifier with a rated output of 50 Watts per channel. The Model 404 combines a preamplifier stage that consists entirely of discrete devices (and therefore, there are no integrated-circuit chips in the preamplifier), and a power-amplifier stage that is Class A/B linear (and therefore, the Model 404 is not a Class-D digital-switching amplifier). But I quickly shift gears to: The company name of Swedish high-end-audio newcomer "Moonriver Audio" is a tribute to the song "Moon River," from the Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) film Breakfast at Tiffany's. "Moon River" won for Henry Mancini (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics), the 1962 Academy Award ("Oscar") for "Best Original Song." (The screenplay was based on a novella by Truman Capote. He cried all the way to the bank.) And from there, I spend a lot of time not just obsessing about, but also imparting information of value about, "Edda van Heemstra"(read the review)/"Audrey Hepburn." For me, the real revelation was that Audrey Hepburn's humanitarian work so inspired fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, that in 2006, he donated the only surviving made-for-the-movie "Little Black Dress" to Dominique Lapierre, to auction off for the poorest of the poor. The dress was hammered down for more than $900,000, and the Lapierres used the proceeds to build a school in Calcutta. Along the way, I tell of Audrey's rough ride in the music biz; but she still ended up in the "EGOT" club. And, yeah, the Moonriver Audio Model 404 Stereo Integrated Amplifier wins my "Highest Recommendation." jm (Of course, I have no business relationship with Moonriver or its importer. I just wanted to share my research about Ms. Hepburn.)
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| "Moon River" is in Savannah (Mercer's hometown) and indeed is a beautiful , posted on November 9, 2020 at 22:32:17 | |
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little river.
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| And Johnny Mercer used to gather Huckleberries nt, posted on November 10, 2020 at 04:31:40 | |
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| Her last role was in Spielberg's Always, great role and flic. Nt, posted on November 11, 2020 at 09:23:42 | |
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| Her last role was in Spielberg's Always, great role and flic. Nt, posted on November 11, 2020 at 11:52:44 | |
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| RE: Calling all Audrey Hepburn Fans!!!, posted on November 17, 2020 at 23:27:44 | |
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Thanks! for sharing- JM.
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| RE: Calling all Audrey Hepburn Fans!!!, posted on November 20, 2020 at 18:54:29 | |
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She was superb in the under-rated Robin and Marian with Sean Connery. :)
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| RE: Calling all Audrey Hepburn Fans!!!, posted on November 28, 2020 at 20:08:22 | |
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Thanks for the post, info and memories, John.
Adam O
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