Very good show. Highly commendable. What HiFi, please keep up the good work.
Tannoy Prestige speakers were no more there when I visited. I was dying to hear them. In its place was a mid-sized Joseph Audio floorstander. It sounded good driven by bel canto electronics, DAC and transport.
The Dynaudio Excite 38, lovingly set up by bhagwan, definitely sounded good. Source was a Yamaha CDP with Parasound(?) pre and a large Parasound power amp (JC1?). The Contour BS also sounded very good.
Nova Audion had two very nice rooms - both equipped with a turntable each. I didn't visit every room but Nova Audion was possibly the only ones having analog setup. Kudos to Mr Sushil Anand. One room has a Clearaudio Concept TT with Cambridge Audio phono pre and Primare pre and power driving a big Quadral FS. The sound in this room is very promising, perhaps limited by the Cambridge Audio phono stage. The other room had a Project RPM 10 TT driving a Project phono pre and Primare pre and power, into a Triangle Magellan FS. This room sounded very good with CD source.
The large Bryston FS played large symphonies effortlessly. In the same room was mbl electronics and speakers. Personally, I was disappointed by the sound of the mbl setup.
The B&W room with the humongous 800 series FS driven by all-Jeff Rowland electronics played effortless music. This setup will do well in a large listening room. No chance to listen to the other B&W room with the curvaceous Nautilus FS.
The Burmester room also sounded very good. Tonality was its great forte, and it dug into subterranean depths.
Best sound of the show for me is the PMC room of Nexus Audio. This room is the barest and most minimal setup. Just one AVM CDP-cum-amp driving a small PMC Twenty-23 FS. The sound from this setup was nothing less than beguiling. Congrats, KJ. Only you can do it!!!
Met lots of fellow forumers - magma, bhagwan (suited, booted, and looking very dapper as usual), denom, and mpw.
Attending Ken Ishiwata's Marantz presentation of their new DSD-capable network player, was the absolute highlight of the visit for me. He's a regular rockstar in my books.
Tannoy Prestige speakers were no more there when I visited. I was dying to hear them. In its place was a mid-sized Joseph Audio floorstander. It sounded good driven by bel canto electronics, DAC and transport.
The Dynaudio Excite 38, lovingly set up by bhagwan, definitely sounded good. Source was a Yamaha CDP with Parasound(?) pre and a large Parasound power amp (JC1?). The Contour BS also sounded very good.
Nova Audion had two very nice rooms - both equipped with a turntable each. I didn't visit every room but Nova Audion was possibly the only ones having analog setup. Kudos to Mr Sushil Anand. One room has a Clearaudio Concept TT with Cambridge Audio phono pre and Primare pre and power driving a big Quadral FS. The sound in this room is very promising, perhaps limited by the Cambridge Audio phono stage. The other room had a Project RPM 10 TT driving a Project phono pre and Primare pre and power, into a Triangle Magellan FS. This room sounded very good with CD source.
The large Bryston FS played large symphonies effortlessly. In the same room was mbl electronics and speakers. Personally, I was disappointed by the sound of the mbl setup.
The B&W room with the humongous 800 series FS driven by all-Jeff Rowland electronics played effortless music. This setup will do well in a large listening room. No chance to listen to the other B&W room with the curvaceous Nautilus FS.
The Burmester room also sounded very good. Tonality was its great forte, and it dug into subterranean depths.
Best sound of the show for me is the PMC room of Nexus Audio. This room is the barest and most minimal setup. Just one AVM CDP-cum-amp driving a small PMC Twenty-23 FS. The sound from this setup was nothing less than beguiling. Congrats, KJ. Only you can do it!!!
Met lots of fellow forumers - magma, bhagwan (suited, booted, and looking very dapper as usual), denom, and mpw.
Attending Ken Ishiwata's Marantz presentation of their new DSD-capable network player, was the absolute highlight of the visit for me. He's a regular rockstar in my books.
