Hello from Bangalore, India

[angshudas]

Great photos. I was wondering where Navin had seen them. I had to search through George's post to find them.

Ashok I have heard about this Dhaba. I have not been there but recently my wife visited the place. I am really tempted to come to Jamshedpur. My inlaws keep cribbing, now I have an excuse not to avoid them.

This camaraderie among DIYers is great.

Hey George, I am also a like minded guy and young at heart, do give me a call 9810088356 when you are in Delhi next. You can audition my bad system.

Angshu

PS Ashok I feel like throttling your Relience aunty!

[gjo]

Hi Angshu

I dont travel too much, but have done a bit in the past 2 months..

Anyway, talking of dhabas, I can assure you that Jamshedpur's dhaabas are not dhabas, but upmarket resorts-one is the place we went to with Ashok and Yogita, called Hill View. It has rooms, a dance floor, indoor restaurant, swimming pool, and a huge lawn, off the main highway, so you cant see what is there from the main entrance until you actually come in. The music playing was Dire Straits, Eagles, Bon Jovi etc.

The other place where I went for lunch last Sunday at Jamshedpur( this is diagonally opposite to Hill View) is called the Tenth Milestone-it has an a/c bar, rooms, a conference hall, children's play area etc and many families come there for a family outing according to Ashok. When we left at around 2.15 after lunch I counted about 25-30 cars in the car park-a measure of it's popularity.

On the wine list were 12 year old Scotch whiskies like Black Dog and Something Special-stuff that you wont see in ordinary dhabas. Payment by credit card is accepted-this on the Ranchi highway! So you guys who haven't been yet, there check it out, both are strongly recommended. Food is excellent-we enoyed the lachha paranthas, and kababs, though I suspect the veggie stuff may not be quite as good!

Now back to audio-would be more than happy to do an audition of your speakers if I visit Delhi. Should you be visiting Bangalore, do let me know. There is another friend here who is also into this hobby-he built an ACI Titan powered sub using a 10 inch driver, downfiring. His system consists of Audiolab transport/DAC/amp with DIY speakers, also has built a Northcreek Music Systems Borealis speaker system using Scanspeak mids and tweeters,(this is quite similar to one of my speaker systems) as well as Quad Electrostatics and a Quad amp.

Regards

George

[angshudas]

Originally posted by gjo

Should you be visiting Bangalore, do let me know. There is another friend here who is also into this hobby-he built an ACI Titan powered sub using a 10 inch driver, downfiring. His system consists of Audiolab transport/DAC/amp with DIY speakers, also has built a Northcreek Music Systems Borealis speaker system using Scanspeak mids and tweeters,(this is quite similar to one of my speaker systems) as well as Quad Electrostatics and a Quad amp.

Regards

George

Hi George,

Audio can pull me anywhere. I visit Bangalore couple of times a year, I will not miss the opportunity to audition the lovely system you write about. Hope your friend does not mind the invasion. Someone owning a Quad is worth a visit.

I did dabble a bit trying to build ESLs, have not been too successful, Can't get over with it, plan to embark again.

Any one else in India played around with ESLs.

Angshu

[gjo]

Angshu

Mahendra Palesha who make powered subwoofers in Pune is a guy you should talk to. His subs are barnded Palesha and Sonoku or Sonuku. He knows the people at Cadence, who make ESLs IIRC. Mahendra is a very nice guy, I have met him at Pune and he took out me to a very nice ethnic Rajput/Marwari thali joint one night(Okay, now let me confess, I am a foodie!).

My friend here in Bangalore has packed uo his quads, he doesnt listen to them these days, but since the only ESLs I have heard are Martin Logans, in the US, a few years ago I can try and persuade him to unwrap these of you are here!

Let me know if you want to connect up with Mahendra-he is into car subs, but I think also has a tie up with Cadence for his subs which they sell with their ESLs. 12 inch bandpass units IIRC with 100 watts amps. He also sells subs directly to customer.

I'm pushing for the Bangalore IT.Com show now


George

[navin]

how do you rate the drivers of MP's 12"? I think we can convince him to sell DIYers his woofers if he realises we are genunine end customers. it might solve the need for a sub driver. thenif we can integrates this with teh bolton 6" i hear about and the peerless 1" some of us might be able to avoid the hassles of importing

[AKSA]

It is a pleasure to see you guys socializing!

And George, your legs are sensational!! (Or was that perhaps your jokes??)

As we all play host to the very same audiophile virus, it is perhaps a great pity that others from different continents cannot meet to compare symptoms.......

Cheers,

Hugh

(stage 5, worsening daily now)

[angshudas]

Originally posted by gjo
Angshu

He knows the people at Cadence, who make ESLs IIRC. Mahendra is a very nice guy, I have met him at Pune and he took out me to a very nice ethnic Rajput/Marwari thali joint one night(Okay, now let me confess, I am a foodie!).

George,

No need to confess. We audiophiles have refined taste. Meet another of your tribe. Food and Music keeps me going, there are other things too, better I discuss that off line!!!

Many years back I had lovely stakes at the 'Ónly Place' in Brigade road. They are not there any more, have they closed down or moved out.

I have heard the Cadence ESLs, and I like them. They have done a marvelous job. I only wished they built a larger ESL and crossed their woofer below 500Hz instead of 1KHz. Cadence responded very well with my feedback and has sent me reviews and articles about them. I plan to visit Pune in the near future and visit their audition room.

I don't mind meeting Mahendra Palesha since you say he is a nice guy, (strange ! I seem to like all nice guys) may be I will let you know when I visit Pune. I build my own sub and amps, so he may not have a commercial interest in knowing me.

Angshu

[gjo]

Hi Hugh

Here I am in Bangalore, India telling some of our tribe here that they can come to my place to audition an Australian amp. Well, glad you enjoy some of the funnies Any more AKSA owners in our neck of the woods as yet?

Navin: I havent yet listened to Mahendra's subs, so I cant comment. IIRC he told me that he gets the drivers from Taiwan. No idea about the driver specs.

Angshu: Mahendra is a very good host, and it makes no diff whether you make your subs(as also I do) or not! Let me know when you plan your visit to Pune, I will locate his phone number or I will email him and get it. OPs closed down but their cooks are active at another eatery called Lazio where they still make good steaks. I'll be happy to take you there when you are here next!

George

[gjo]

Angshu

The Only Place has re-opened recently, about 3/4 kms away from where they used to be earlier. On your next trip here, if you let me know in advance we can gocheck out their steaks!

Rgds

George

[gjo]

Vivek

I plan to set up a listening session at my place shortly. Let me know if Sunday Dec 7th sounds ok for you. I wil try and have two pairs of speakers and two amps set up.

George