shaizada
Active Member
One word....
"WOW"
Many times, reading about a person or his work leaves a LOT things that we miss out upon. Like a picture says a thousand words, an interaction with a person flows like a river of a billion words.
Basically, I cannot begin to describe the humbleness, the knowledge, the gentle kindness that emanates from this persons presence. He is a music lover in the truest of senses and we enjoyed listening to music like there was no tomorrow.
We listened to digital and stuck with spinning vinyl for 80% of the time. We played tons of Jazz and Blues and both of us were in our element. We both have a strong love for both these genres and it was such a pleasure sharing it.
We talked about audio, perceptions, branding, music and all such philosophies dear to us. Even my father joined in at one point to discuss how life was 30 years ago in Delhi, and life over there now. He was born and brought up in Delhi so "dilli" is extremely close to his heart. He moved to Australia with my mother when he was 22 or so (he married young), but his heart always belonged to Delhi (as is mine). I was 8 years old when he moved our family back to Delhi from Melbourne, but I remember the joy he had when he went back to his beloved "watan". Viren's visit, although short, brought back a little of that happiness for him. It was unsaid, but I know my father and he was quite happy chatting with him. I finally had to cut the conversation short as Viren only had another 30 minutes before he had to leave.
Guys, from what I understand of this man, Viren Bakshi is a true asset to the audio community in Delhi. His "ear" for music, his relationship with all things musical and his personality is amazing. In my experience, there is no such thing as an audiophile. There are only music lovers with a drive to extract as much as possible from these materialistic electronics (an unfortunate necessity as it adds another "layer" we have to go through to sink into those musical experiences). Viren is DEFINITELY that music lover.
Hope he has a safe trip back to Delhi and I thank him for sharing some of his valuable time on this short trip with me in my audio element.
"WOW"
Many times, reading about a person or his work leaves a LOT things that we miss out upon. Like a picture says a thousand words, an interaction with a person flows like a river of a billion words.
Basically, I cannot begin to describe the humbleness, the knowledge, the gentle kindness that emanates from this persons presence. He is a music lover in the truest of senses and we enjoyed listening to music like there was no tomorrow.
We listened to digital and stuck with spinning vinyl for 80% of the time. We played tons of Jazz and Blues and both of us were in our element. We both have a strong love for both these genres and it was such a pleasure sharing it.
We talked about audio, perceptions, branding, music and all such philosophies dear to us. Even my father joined in at one point to discuss how life was 30 years ago in Delhi, and life over there now. He was born and brought up in Delhi so "dilli" is extremely close to his heart. He moved to Australia with my mother when he was 22 or so (he married young), but his heart always belonged to Delhi (as is mine). I was 8 years old when he moved our family back to Delhi from Melbourne, but I remember the joy he had when he went back to his beloved "watan". Viren's visit, although short, brought back a little of that happiness for him. It was unsaid, but I know my father and he was quite happy chatting with him. I finally had to cut the conversation short as Viren only had another 30 minutes before he had to leave.
Guys, from what I understand of this man, Viren Bakshi is a true asset to the audio community in Delhi. His "ear" for music, his relationship with all things musical and his personality is amazing. In my experience, there is no such thing as an audiophile. There are only music lovers with a drive to extract as much as possible from these materialistic electronics (an unfortunate necessity as it adds another "layer" we have to go through to sink into those musical experiences). Viren is DEFINITELY that music lover.
Hope he has a safe trip back to Delhi and I thank him for sharing some of his valuable time on this short trip with me in my audio element.
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