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It is hard to pinpoint what really makes Max Goodman's system? You really don't hear a system at all sometimes. What you hear is just music. Unlike most of the other members, including myself, Max has not spent 20.000 euro on his turntable, although it is his most expensive piece of kit, and he plays his music beyond exception with a Denon 103, which I might add, costs 130 euros or so. Now I have called Max 'stingy', 'a Jew', even 'Mr. Green', but he does not listen to me. He cares not what I say about his system but only for its sound. The night of the gathering we had our honorary member Ken Barnes in from London, fresh from the Mercedes leather to the leather on Max's couch he got a first taste not of eye candy, but of real music.
I caught glimpses though of our members being rather astonished at his discography, and his quality of music for the money. I say that, even though it kills to mention this, but he is now playing 10 times better as I write these words, but then again he is playing with 9500 euro more of equipment. Our DJ of the night was Max and of course who else, our Teddy bear, Chris Kandarelis. Making us enjoy an evening of great food, great wine and women, but by far, great music. I must mention that Max was first introduced to music through a pair of Klipschorns and a Carry CD player, with a Carry amp. I remember his words until this day. 'It sound's mushy' we were listening to over 30.000 worth of equipment and all he could say was MUSHY! It took him no time to get to where he is now, playing with speakers I designed internally and he with his own hands built externally, making him a unique member in our club with speakers that cost less than our cars!! (But it must be mentioned Max does own a very expensive car!) His first Aiwa was his proud and joy, and slowly but surely became one of the biggest fans of music. Not like me who loves music and listens only once a week, but someone who sits and listens for hours per day if time allows.
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To closeTo close, the night went extremely well, we burnt nothing in his house and the system played loud and proud throughout the evening. I still remember his Supertramp album even blowing me away! And I do nothing but criticize his system! Imagine how good it really was, and how it is now after an uplift in his amp and pre amp life. I congratulate Max on three things in his life. First his daughter, second his stereo and third his wife, who has a real ear for music and what really makes a difference.
If you want to see what came out of it, visit 'Documentray film for the Audiophile Club of Athens', to see the why's and how's of the film before watching the real thing (20 min) Reply comments from the Host (entered on 08 Dec 2006)Well, it has been so long that even I do not really remember how the system played that night. I think it played well and seemingly Tony agrees (thanks Tony). No real comments, although I am not sure Georgia will be pleased to come third in the heirarchy!!! As Tony states, I have changed the pre-amp and amp (actually his) which I am borrowing for the time being and yes - it does play rather better than it did. One thing I do remember is that we actually played rather more music than is apparent from the list. If memory serves, I changed 60 records during the night and a few CD's. The Supertramp album was a wonderful surprise - I had actually bought it for the meeting in a bit of panic when Tony told me an all classical evening was a bad idea and that I needed some form of Rock music beyond what I had. Other than that, I think it was an enjoyable meeting for most, although I think Ken Barnes was hoping for rather more eye-candy than I could provide...
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