Target : Audition an AudioNote entry level system + Visit AudioVision for B&W
Date : 6th Feb 2019
Time : 2 AM
Alarm rings, wake up and get ready to go to the airport. Drive of 1.5 hrs to reach the airport, collect a fellow FM in between
Time : 4:30 AM
Reached the Bangalore airport, parked the car and headed towards the checkin and securty counters
Time : 6:00 AM
Boarded the flight to Mumbai. Landed in Mumbai at 7:30 AM, freshen up at the airport
Time : 8:00 AM
Get an Uber from the airport to Fort Mumbai (location of AudioNote office), drive on the Sealink (very minimal traffic). Arrived at Fort (Kitab Mahal building) at 8:30. Headed for breakfast at Cafe Excelsior, had authentic Kheema Pav and coffee.
Time : 10:00 AM
Reached the AudioNote office to meet Mr. Aernaud Dekker. Had a meeting for 30 min and then proceeded to the demo room few blocks away.
Time : 11:00 AM - 12:00PM
Demo at AudioNote. The experience was wow. Something different, unlike the other setups that we had listened to (B&W, Triangle, KEF, Dali, Monitor Audio, Image, Musical Fidelity, Cambridge Audio, Denon).
The demo system involved the AZ-2 hemp speakers + OTO PP amplifier + AudioNote Turntable. Listened to Vinyl and Cd's. After this demo dropped the idea of listening to the B&W speakers at AudioVision (which is located in the same building).
Time : 12:30 PM
Walked back to Kitab Mahal for some Vinyl shopping at Royal Music Collection. Saw one of the largest (after the HMV store in HK
)and rare Vinyl collection here. Met another FM there shopping for vinyl. A must visit place for vinyl lovers. Mr. Abdul is very knowledgeable and stocks a huge variety of music. Got the "Jagjit Singh live at royal albert hall" and 10 other vinyls.
Time: 1:30 PM
Took an Uber to Colaba. Destination Cafe Mondegar for lunch there after headed over to Yazdhani Bakery for some Irani sytle bakery products
Time : 3:00PM
Took an Uber to Lamington road. Had a walk thru Lamington Road and Grant road in search of audio amplifier parts
Time : 3:30PM
Took an Uber to Parsi Dairy Farm for some more shopping of food products
Time : 4:30 PM
Took and Uber to Mahim, destination Revolver club for some more vinyl shopping
Time : 6:30 PM
Waiting for a Uber to Bandra (destination: Candies), no Uber for an 1hr and the mad Mumbai traffic.
Time : 7:30
Still waiting for an Uber so now decided to head back to the airport as we had a flight at 10PM
Time : 12AM
Landed in Bangalore and reached back home at 2AM
... and then after 2 days placed an order for the AudioNote system (an upgrade from my previous setup) AZ-3 speakers + cables + OTO PP amplifier
Date : 6th Feb 2019
Time : 2 AM
Alarm rings, wake up and get ready to go to the airport. Drive of 1.5 hrs to reach the airport, collect a fellow FM in between
Time : 4:30 AM
Reached the Bangalore airport, parked the car and headed towards the checkin and securty counters
Time : 6:00 AM
Boarded the flight to Mumbai. Landed in Mumbai at 7:30 AM, freshen up at the airport
Time : 8:00 AM
Get an Uber from the airport to Fort Mumbai (location of AudioNote office), drive on the Sealink (very minimal traffic). Arrived at Fort (Kitab Mahal building) at 8:30. Headed for breakfast at Cafe Excelsior, had authentic Kheema Pav and coffee.
Time : 10:00 AM
Reached the AudioNote office to meet Mr. Aernaud Dekker. Had a meeting for 30 min and then proceeded to the demo room few blocks away.
Time : 11:00 AM - 12:00PM
Demo at AudioNote. The experience was wow. Something different, unlike the other setups that we had listened to (B&W, Triangle, KEF, Dali, Monitor Audio, Image, Musical Fidelity, Cambridge Audio, Denon).
The demo system involved the AZ-2 hemp speakers + OTO PP amplifier + AudioNote Turntable. Listened to Vinyl and Cd's. After this demo dropped the idea of listening to the B&W speakers at AudioVision (which is located in the same building).
Time : 12:30 PM
Walked back to Kitab Mahal for some Vinyl shopping at Royal Music Collection. Saw one of the largest (after the HMV store in HK
)and rare Vinyl collection here. Met another FM there shopping for vinyl. A must visit place for vinyl lovers. Mr. Abdul is very knowledgeable and stocks a huge variety of music. Got the "Jagjit Singh live at royal albert hall" and 10 other vinyls.Time: 1:30 PM
Took an Uber to Colaba. Destination Cafe Mondegar for lunch there after headed over to Yazdhani Bakery for some Irani sytle bakery products
Time : 3:00PM
Took an Uber to Lamington road. Had a walk thru Lamington Road and Grant road in search of audio amplifier parts
Time : 3:30PM
Took an Uber to Parsi Dairy Farm for some more shopping of food products
Time : 4:30 PM
Took and Uber to Mahim, destination Revolver club for some more vinyl shopping
Time : 6:30 PM
Waiting for a Uber to Bandra (destination: Candies), no Uber for an 1hr and the mad Mumbai traffic.
Time : 7:30
Still waiting for an Uber so now decided to head back to the airport as we had a flight at 10PM
Time : 12AM
Landed in Bangalore and reached back home at 2AM
... and then after 2 days placed an order for the AudioNote system (an upgrade from my previous setup) AZ-3 speakers + cables + OTO PP amplifier
