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Welcome, Brian! You may also want to consider getting a C-1 or C-11 preamp and having the BillD mod done for one heck of a great preamp for vinyl.

First thing you need to do is stop propagation of the crack by drilling a relief hole at the end of the crack. You can even do it with a pin, filed flat at the tip, in a variable speed drill, going as slow as you can, don't put pressure on the disc, let the drill bit do the work. Put something like Saran wrap over the data side, then put the disc on a rigid flat surface, like a plywood scrap, then drill. You don't want any flex in the disc while drilling or the crack will grow. Once you have the hole drilled, use a drop of super glue in the hole and one at the other end of the crack. Use a new razor blade to trim anything sticking up above the disc surface with radial scrapes. Be careful not to put scratches into the data area in any direction other than straight out from the center(radially). Scratches can be removed with a few quick passes of a pencil-type butane torch. This flash-melts the surface, which becomes flat again, filling in the scratches. It's a technique you want to practice on old CD's first.

Another goner! Welcome!

Welcome! Yet another Carver/Polk fan. Amazing how many of us put those two brands together...my first Carver, an MXR-150 with M-500t powered a pair of Polk Monitor 10's. I thought it was the best sound EVER! Maybe you can join us and meet some of us and maybe even "The BobFather" Bob Carver himself in far west NC this September. Stick around!

I have had great results with a pencil butane torch. A few quick passes melts the surface scratches. It's amazing to see, actually. Try it on some 'don't care about' discs first. If scratches persist, don't overheat them, use a 'one year' car polish on them, it really does a great job. Buff out in radial lines, not circular. I've taken discs that don't read at all to playing superbly in no time. A freshly fixed cd should be backed up on a computer right away as many of the fixes don't hold up for long periods. The torch trick holds up the longest in my experience.

Looks like professional methods only, so no discussing stuff we do at home here.

Steve- How do you clean your records? That's the MOST important thing to do to get rid of noise. Don't obsess, as those noise reduction devices can, and usually do, degrade the sound. I got rid of all of that stuff a long time ago. The 'airyness' or sense of space was gone. The occasional pop or click just reminds me of how nice vinyl really is.

Thanks I just didn't see that But I have both the vinyl and CD versions of that excellent recording When setting up your cartridge, I highly recommend that you use the vinyl. I use DSOTM because I know it so well. Use whatever your favorite vinyl is, so you know when it's 'just right'.

Due to a lack of published specs, I set to the middle, listen to DSOTM, if it sound right I leave it, if not I try the other setting and use the one that sounds the best. It's a good idea to write down the cartridge/arm/cables/setting for each change, so you can go back faster in a swap, and have a good starting place on the next unknown.

Some of us don't celebrate "Stupid Bowl"

#5-O #6-R #7-O #10-O #16-R

Also, how about the sister trio 'Joseph' with "SOS" on their 'I'm Alone, No You're Not' album?

Some "New Music" to consider for Disc 2... "The Bitter Boogie" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on 'Paper Mache Dream Balloon' The sixties are Back! Do you hear "On the Road Again?"

You could just add one of THESE boards internally or externally to your preamp.

I see MM's confusion, "Water Under The Bridge"by Pshychodots,on 'Psychodots' and "Jaco", by Jonas Hellborg, on 'Bass'.

Some of the early selections on the list have errors or are incomplete, here are some corrections: 1.- 'I Can't Give Everything Away' by David Bowie on the "Blackstar" album. 2.- 'Tin Pan Alley' by Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble on "Couldn't Stand the Weather" album. 3.- 'Under Pressure' by David Bowie and Queen on Queen's "Hot Space" album. 4.- 'You Want It Darker' by Leonard Cohen on "You Want it Darker", his fourteenth album. 5.- 'From the Beginning' by Emerson Lake & Palmer from "Trilogy". 6.- 'Piano Concerto #1' by Emerson Lake & Palmer from "Works, Vol.1" 7.- 'The Gypsy's Wife' by Leonard Cohen from "Recent Songs" album. 8.- 'Pepperland Suite' by George Martin from "In my Life". 9.- 'Toccata' by Emerson Lake & Palmer, a live performance from "Welcome Back My Friends..." 10.-(OK) 11.- 'Man in the Long Black Coat' by Bob Dylan on "Oh Mercy" 12. You can delete 'The Road To Hell', it's on the first Carver Site CD. 13.- 'Hotel California' by The Eagles, live from "Hell Freezes Over". 14.- 'Why Can't You Behave' written by Cole Porter, recorded by The Porter Project found on "The Porter Project" album. 15.- 'Children of the Sun' by Billy Thorpe on "Children of the Sun". 16.- (OK) 17.- 'On the Border' by The Eagles from the "On the Border". 18.- 'Thunder and Birdies' by Flim & the BB's on "Tricycle".

Nothing simpler than this: The number to remember is the length- 57.3" , for a half wave dipole.

If the volume pot is truly bad, it's a great time to consider a remote volume control upgrade.

please submit songs in this format: 'Song Name Here', by Artist Name Here on "Album Name Here" with the punctuation, so he can put them on the list.

Welcome! Sorry about your C-1 troubles. Sounds like dirty or damaged volume potentiometer. Member AR9Jim isn't far from Chicago. He's doing repairs. Contact him, or we can get him to contact you.

If there is no Prince song suitable for a C! Reference CD of 2016 artists who have passed; then should we be considering music he wrote for other artists to perform? BB King (AKA King of the Blues) passed in 2015, should he be included here? Ya got me! OK, There is ONE Prince song I could live with, actually- 'Sign o' theTimes' by on his 1987 "Sign o' the Times" album.

There are a lot of artists on the list for 2016. Not all of them will be represented here. Was Prince a significant artist? I have to say "Yes". Is he on any of my playlists? No. If there are a good number of members who listen to Prince as regularly as, say, Frank Zappa, then I will second that nomination. So I ask- Who willingly listens to Prince's music on a regular basis?

Are we starting a Terrible Songs CD?