Indian equivalents of the following DIY items.

[ajju]

I am ready to set up a listening session next weekend-Dec 6/7 at my place.

Is e'one else comfortable with the timing...??

[gjo]

Gentlemen

I suggest that you call me at home 5478460/5473007 to confirm, during the next couple of days so that we can set things up.

I will have two power amps-a 35 wpc valve push pull and a solid state 55 wpc AKSA, with a solid state preamp, with a 12 inch powered sub driven by a 250 watts amp. The speakers will be a ported two way using Focal drivers and Raven ribbon tweeters. This is my audio system. If I can do it, we can try and audition the system that my sons use, a ported two way with Scanspeak
drivers. This is also an excellent system. (I have another powered sub, a 12 inch in a sealed box, but lugging it back and forth may not be easy.)

I will have some reference music on hand- female vocals(Diana Krall, Patricia Barber, Eva Cassidy, etc) bluegrass, rock, special effects stuff. My sons and I have a fair collection of CDs, so if you guys have any specific preferences let me know, it is possible that I have it, or bring it along! And before I forget, beer is on the house..

I would guess we can have a session from about 11 to 12.30 on Sunday?

George

P.S. Ashok, for your visit here I will bring out the other asli aur purana maal!

[navin]

ashok/george, would like to know about the 35W push pull. BTW how does the ASKA compare to the Aelph. Also I would like to know why George used solid state for preamp and tubes for power and not the other way around. does is make any difference?

enjoy your selves lads. one day i'll find my self in bang and i promise to be packing some mal too.

[gjo]

Navin

Welcome any time (with or without maal!), just give me adequate notice.

The solid state preamp was bought a while ago-Now I'm looking for a tube preamp ! I have researched various tube preamp kits, and am homing in on a few possibilities. I may plan to bring kit back with me when I visit the US next year. Question is whether to bring a golf set or preamp.. (Bringing both back may attract undue attention from Customs)

Dont know enough about the Aleph, so I cant comment, but the 35 wpc push pull is nice. It uses very high quality components like Mangequest OPTs, KimberKable, etc etc..It's a design similar to the old Dynaco ST-70, but a variation with some tweaks.I havent upgraded it with the Caddock resisters and Multicap caps, was told by Ron Welborne that they improve the sound, so I bought the upgrade along with some DH Labs cable for my interconnects. The AKSA kit came with the Nirvana upgrade first time around, it is also good, though sonically a bit different.

Let the others give their comments after our Sunday session!

George

[navin]

thanks for the info. am leaving now. see u guys dec 7th.

[gjo]

Hi Ajju & Sunil

Good having you guys over yesterday, sorry I couldnt get my sub working in the listening room-it does make a huge difference.. I hope you enjoyed the Welborne Labs amp (yes a little fine tuning will remove some of the background sound coming from the left channel, I think) and the AriaR speaker system as well as the Patricia Barber/Eva Cassidy/Diana Krall.

Thanks for the music Sunil, I enjoyed listening to it after you left. Do give me your call and let me have your phone number, we will meet up again..Ajju, look forward to your email, offlist.

George

[navin]

kaunsa daru piya? :-)

[gjo]

It was a day in memory of Morarji (that doesnt mean crotch whisky or ****ky). I offered them beer, but both the guys were going in to work, so they declined.

Jab aap yahan ayenge tab asli maal nikalenge

[gjo]

(Crotch whisky or p*ssky)

[navin]

You tempt me :-)