By Kyriakos Kougioumtzoglou
Monthly Meeting ACA at Michael Kanakakis
Mike is one of those people that unless you live, you will never be able to write about, nor smile, long for, or even totally be in love with, platonically.
To be honest, if I was a woman, I honestly, believe he would be the one worth having a child with. Which recently he did, and with the best woman of them all.
At ACA, we are proud to have him in our group, but mostly as a friend who we cherish. We have seen Mike not only go through a deep appreciation of music, but a true adolescent becoming an adult.
When he joined ACA, he was young and spiritual, which he still remains, but he has gained so much knowledge and has acquired such an ear for music that he has started to write his own history in the music scene in Athens, dare I say and beyond.
Tonight, for the first time, with his family now in place, and in the best area of Athens, Marousi holds host to the group which anxiously awaited the moment of awakening from our young, and now much more matured member.
In more ways than one, it is Mike who has challenged and taught us what vertical and horizontal in this industry, and with his passion and commitment to the group, despite his continuous travel for his work he has been a stable pillar for us all.
His music has always been warm, tight, correlated with the highest standards and particularly very mature for his age. This always stunned other members of ACA as well as myself.
The System..
Speakers: Tidal Piano
Power Amplifier: Sovereign Glory
Preamplifire: Sovereign Director
Digital Source: Macbook
DAC: Stylos SYS HAD
Speaker Cables: Argento Flow
Interconnect: Argento Organic
The system was powerful, musical and tonally correct beyond reproach, making music such a pleasure for any hardcore hi end enthusiast smile all evening.
The presentation program in order...
Anouar Brahem - The Lover Of Beirut
Anne - Sophie Mutter - Carmen Fantasy Op.25 Introduction
Jeremy Monteiro Orchestra - Besame Mucho
Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches
Pepe Romero & Chano Lobato & Maria Magdalena & Paco Romero - Farrucas
Alkistis Protopsalti - I Sotiria tis Psychis
We enjoyed the music choices of our friend! Music that was effortlessly flowing through distinctive instruments, excellent stereo and music scene accompanied by descriptive analysis across the spectrum.
The Stylos DAC really brought out the virtues of the designs at the level of music performance with the Tidal speakers protagonists of the music playback.
The Ending
Mike, you are the new who has become today, and we all know you are the tomorrow, of ACA.
Keep on playing that music and loving the way you do, and there is nothing in this world that can stop us from evolving, to more, to better and to deeper movements within us.
We warmly thank our dear Mike as well as his wife Fotini for their impeccable hospitality and the wonderful flavors we had the opportunity to taste and enjoy at the end of the music auditions.
Thank you for the evening.
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