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Augustine of Hippo (St’ Augustine) was a Manichaeist before converting to Christianity. Due to the the Manichaeists’ involvement in the White Lotus Society, there is a school of thought that the word Ming of the Ming Dynasty actually alludes to Manichaeism. World history is a lot more...

Quan Zhou remains the only place outside Iran today with a Manichaeist Temple. The Manichaeists were also involved in the White Lotus Society during the last years of the Yuan. Very interesting history here.

I took out my old Richard Allan RA-8 II speakers (ie old school bass sound) to connect to a SMSL Class-D amp just now after reading this thread. Totally un-listenable. Very JBL low-fi-ish sounding with those bass as mentioned. Quickly swooped back to B&W.

Neumann active speakers are very good. But I believe they only have balanced inputs (I may be wrong). Isolation is key in taming bass. I use the highest end Isoteks. Sonos and Bose are only mid-fi. But it seems that practically every specialist doctors and surgeons I know like Bose, Sonos and...

Low budget: Audioengine A5+ Spending a bit more: B&W entry level+ a Wiim or SMSL amp with Bluetooth; or Dynaudio active speakers. Even a bit more: ATC active speakers I use all the above in my different rooms all cabled, with power conditioner, Fostex DACs plus proper isolation. Bluetooth is...

Husband 黄贯中。

天若有情天亦老，人间正道是沧桑。The title of this song is actually based on the poem written impromptu by Mao Tse Tong immediately after the success of the 百万雄狮过大江 campaign (one million PLA soldiers crossing the Yang Tze capturing Nanjing).

There are already popular Teachers for each niche of the market (the elites, the upper-middle, the middle-middle and the lower-middle class). The current running thought regardless of which niche is to get a teacher who already has a reputation of producing good result. There are $200/hour...

He is probably not as good as the countless young conductors out there in the scene in Europe and the Balkans. The Balkan scene is not easy to break into contrary to what one may believe. I did not even bother to read the whole article after seeing his name and hippie hairstyle. Did he conduct...

Do not be received. Its publicity. Stories like this sell to the leftist liberal segment of the audience. Many young punks in the classical music scene these days who lack patience and had burnt bridges with their self-entitled brat tantrums start using fanciful creative ways to gain followers...

She din see those recently popped out Chinese specialty food departments in kaufstadt and kaufhof? Even those without such will still sell 海底捞 soup base In their international food sections. The major Hauptbahnhof also have Asian grocery stores selling everything Asian you need. German cities...

You forgot 午夜怨曲. Look into it and also 无尽空虚。

https://youtu.be/gf2lUToP1OQ 53 yo HK man still can rock

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