Always been a fan, but rediscovered his early stuff recently.
Bloody hell, what a great songwriter!
Any other true believers out there?
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I'm Gary.
Warren Zevon
Always been a fan, but rediscovered his early stuff recently.
Bloody hell, what a great songwriter!
Any other true believers out there?
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I'm Jason.
Haven't heard much of his stuff, but 'Werewolves of London' is one of my faves.
A friend has a best of so I'll check it out!
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Great song, but maybe over done ?
There's a great compilation set with almost all the good stuff called:
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) (2 discs)
or more concentrated:
Genius: Best of Warren Zevon
For anybody wanting to start somewhere but doesn't know where.
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I'm Gary.
One of his more modern onesOriginally Posted by Jason P
Last edited by Gazjam; 13-08-2009 at 10:23.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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