The action starts at 0930 hours and goes up to 1800 hours or may be extended up to 1830 depending on the situation. The days activities are divided into 4 sessions, as per the schedule below: -
0900 0930 hrs Assembly of presenters and members who are bringing the equipment.
0930 0945 hrs Meet & Greet.
0945 1000 hrs Welcome address.
1000 1130 hrs Audition of Norge, Sonodyne and Yamaha amplifiers & loudspeakers .
1130 1145 hrs Tea Break.
1145 1315 hrs Presentation and audition of Acoustic Portrait DAC, Pre/ Power amplifiers and speakers.
1315 1415 hrs Lunch break
1415 1515 hrs Comparison of DACs & transports brought by members.
1515 1615 hrs Comparison of Cables.
1615 1630 hrs Tea.
1630 1715 hrs A perspective on acoustic principles & An objective evaluation of loudspeakers.
1745 1800 hrs Demonstration of Genelec DSP active speakers.
1800 - 1830 hrs Members choice of songs, equipment etc.
1. A demonstration of a range of amplifiers and loudspeakers of Norge, Sonodyne and Yamaha equipment as per the details given below by their representative Mr. Praveen.
a. Audition of Norge amplifiers viz 1000, 2000, 2060 & the flagship Pre-power combo with Norge Bookshelf & Tower speakers.
b. Audition of Sonodyne Preamp and Tower speakers.
c. Audition of Yamaha AS500 Stereo amplifier and NS150 Tower speakers.
2. Wholesome Acoustic reproduction, a fresh perspective - A presentation by Mr. Siva Kumar of Acoustic Portrait, a Bangalore based Audio equipment company using their audio equipment viz DAC, Tube Preamplifier, Solid state Power Amplifier and two-way mini monitor speakers and Hi-rez digital music.
3. Comparison of DACs & Transports as below: -
a. Marantz Network player NA 7004
b. Marantz CD6003 + dual TDA 1547 chip based tube DAC
c. MHDT Paradisea / MHDT USBridge
4. Basic Acoustic principles a perspective from audio expert Mr. David Santwan.
5. An objective evaluation by Mr. David Santwan of the loudspeakers that have been demonstrated.
6. Demonstration of Genelec DSP active speakers by their representative Mr. Clifford.
We intend to make use of three numbers, one from each genre.
a. Jazz - Renaissance by Ben Webster
b. Rock - Private Investigations by Dire Straits
c. Western Classical Mahler 2nd Symphony
d. Tamil Movie- Alaiypayuthe - Snehithane
Equipments of the participants
Harish Reddy
HTPC, Marantz network players, cables.
Capt. Rajesh PMK
Marantz CD6003, Acoustic Portrait Pre amp, Acoustic Portrait MS101 Bookshelf loudpeakers, Cardas Golden Reference & Yamamura Millenium 5000 Power Chords, Yamamura Millenium 6000 Coaxial cable, Straightwire Maestro & Audio Art SC5 Speaker cables, Audio Art IC3 & Lyrita RCA I/Cs.
Srinisundar
Creek Evo Integrated Amp, Nordost I/C & Emotiva Speaker cable.
Matbhuvi
Monoprice RCA cables
Murali_n
Chord Crimson Plus I/C, Monster Speaker cable
PbR
MHDT Paradisea / MHDT USBridge
Santhosh
Audiophile Recordings
