Holiday Season large purchases

[Pelliott321]

If the EW&F cover was meant to be a joke then I get it.
I enjoyed the Rach 2 was okay. I like the piece so therefore it was enjoyable. I can not critique Fedrova's performance, she can play better than me

[ratbagp]

Like many Rachmaninov lovers, I have a CD of him playing the concertos. It appears that somebody has created new versions of the original recording which attempt to have more lifelike sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddTVZy-ZwVI

And an 'improved' version with more noise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2f90GNzM8

I wish both were available for download so that I could listen on my system rather than through a laptop.

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[mix4fix]

I had a friend that said there are only two kinds of music: Country, and Western. Not my point of view.

Couldn't resist.

https://youtu.be/vS-zEH8YmiM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6DRZlytJpQ

[Cogito]

Someone might find this helpful to save $$$.

Yesterday evening great deal appeared on Google Express for LG 65" OLED65C8PUA TV. Its is on sale for $2,599 + taxes at BestBuy and Amazon. Google Express listed it at $1,899 shipped and no taxes, sold by BugDig. This is one model lower than the one I was looking for but decided to get this instead. The deal was sold out in a couple of hours.

Google Express gives purchase protection which protects us from bait-n-switch retailers, and buydig is an authorized LG dealer. problems. In effect, I saved $750 including taxes.

[mix4fix]

65 inch Smart Sharp TV from Walmart. $400. And saw plenty at my local one.