Delhi Meet - October 06

Hi !

Continuing the thread of monthly meetings, we met on this lazy Sunday 15th Oct.

The perfect host Viren and his residence was the perfect venue - Viren was joined by his other family members for hosting the meeting, namely - his Harmony 1 & 2 speakers and his old SS and the new Valve amps.

And the guests crowding his listening room were me and Kamal. Rahul was still recovering from his hangover and others were too lazy to ...

Sipping on dark coffee we listened to a variety of music:

1. Art Farmer-Blame it on my youth
-Fairytale coutryside
2.Carl Orff -Carmina Burana-Intro passage
3.J.S.Bach -Westminster Cathedral Organ-Paul Scott
4.Lakshya -Main Aisa Kyoon Hoon
5.Amjad Ali Khan-Sarod, Raag Pilu-Alaap
6.Jagjit Singh-The Unforgettables-Baat Niklegi to bahut
7.Pink Floyd-Division Bell-Coming back to life
8.Fleetwood Mac- Rumours-Never going back again
9.Aerosmith-Crazy
-Blind man
10.Nirvana-Come as you are
-All Apologies
11.Beethovens Fifth-Pastorale-Berliner Symphony- Karanjan
12.Tibetan Incantations-Om Mani Padme Hum
13.Norah Jones-Come away with me
14.Vienna Boys Choir-
15.Gene Harris/Jack Mcduff-Album;Down Home Blues-track-Cayenne Blues
16.Sting-Desert Rose- Original CD vs FLAC


A few conclusive messages:

-Tubes more musical than SS
-FLAC a viable alternative to PCM
-Audiophile are an extremely lazy species
-Such meetings could be really useful in discovering great musci (besides auditioning equipment)
-Tubes are probably shy of Hard Rock (just like Viren)

I'll sign off here and leave the rest for Kamal & Viren to talk about.