Background information
Revox A77: my nostalgia machine
by David Lee
Five reports from 2021 you should have read
26.12.2021
Translation: machine translated
Our editorial team not only provides news and independent tests, but also background information. In 2021, we portrayed special people and told exciting stories.
Here is a selection of reports and portraits that I recommend to you as reading material. Thanks in part to Thomas Kunz's photographs, they bring to life what the editors experienced during their encounters.
On the hunt
Patrick Bardelli experienced in Graubünden what it means to hunt in the high mountains. He learned that "hunting" is not when elderly gentlemen drive their Volvo station wagons to the edge of a cornfield, get out, climb up onto a raised hide and shoot a deer from there. On his trip to the Calanca Valley, he had to get up very early, bathe in the freezing cold creek, and learned how little it takes to be happy.
Above the clouds
The Swiss Patrouille Suisse has also been on the social media platform Tiktok for a few months now. The pilots receive a lot of admiration and encouragement for the flight manoeuvres they show and the insights they provide into their everyday lives. They told Livia Gamper how they came up with the idea of using Tiktok and how the videos are created. [[marketingpage: 21516]]
In the lighting workshop
Carolin Teufelberger was drawn to Thun this year for a report. But she didn't want to go hiking or admire the pretty old town. Her destination was neon glassblower Christian "Didu" Bärtschi, one of the last survivors of a crisis-ridden industry. He has found his niche among LEDs that now shine almost everywhere, and Caro tells us how he defines his profession.
In the catacombs
On a family trip to Paris, Michael Restin paid a visit to PSG out of love for his football-loving son. His reportage from the catacombs of the Parc des Princes, PSG's venue, is worth reading because it so skilfully brings the "hottest shit in world football" down to earth.
From the reel
Only older people probably know what a reel-to-reel tape is. David Lee is one of them. He has restored a Revox tape recorder, exact name A77 Mk IV, to revive old childhood memories. An entertaining and readable journey into the past.
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