First Post- what not to do

Don't make eight banalities your third post(BORING)!

Do not listen to anybody on these forums ........

Yep, nailed it back about 30 posts ago....
lol

Don’t let direct sunlight fall on your Maggie’s.

Don't reverse the phase of your subwoofer while music is playing

Do NOT under any circumstances ever ever get your fingers across the speaker field coil output of an old Wurlitzer vacuum tube jukebox!

Don't place your speakers where they look best and presume that's where they will sound best.

Don't let anyone use your turntable, unless they own one themselves.

Don't buy new tubes for your new tube amplifier before you even listen to it with the ones it came with.  

The first post from someone who is an authority on a subject should be offering that advice to anyone who can use it. We benefit only from those who share their wisdom, if in fact that wisdom is bonafide. 

Don’t go to an audio show with a usb thumb drive loaded only with Diana Krall and Jazz at the Pawnshop and ask it to be played in every room you step into.

If you don’t know how to load music onto a usb thumb drive, you should stop giving advice.

Your first 100 posts to the Audiogon forums shouldn’t be providing guidance or shilling a revolutionary new brand of cables from Minsk.

Don't buy a high priced 5 foot power cord when your outlet is 7 feet away.

Only lightly water any planted pots resting on top of speakers.

Do not walk into the house with an armful of LPs/Cds if your significant other is there. 

Don’t let your maid---I mean cleaning woman, or housekeeper, or whatever you call yours (I've never had one)---dust your turntable.

Don’t plug into full line voltage if it hasn’t been run in 25 years.

Chase the best and warmest  tone at the expense of detail and imaging

Do not chase detail and imaging at the expense of good sound.

Do not leave purchase receipts lying around.

Do not change interconnect cable or speaker cables while amplifier is on.

I blew the fuse while touching interconnect.

Somebody blew the amplifier while changing speaker cables due to short.

@bigkidz

Lmfao


Touche!

Don't tug on Superman's cape, don't spit into the wind, don't pull the mask of the old Lone Ranger, and you don't mess around with Jim

"Do not seek the treasure"

@ubderwaltzI am confused.  So I should not listen to what you just said?

LOL

Do not ever come back to this site you've been warned

Make sure your stylus arm lifter is set high enough to clear your heaviest record at lest 180 gram and accounting for warping. Don’t ask how I know. 

Don't attach a cartridge to a head she'll with stylus in -take it out first!

Don’t create posts with meaningless subject lines. For example: many subjects consist of just the name of a product or an item. 

Do not listen to anybody on these forums ........

Do not connect speakers directly to AC outlet. Just don't.

buy gear based solely on a reviewer's opinion, without listening first yourself.

Spoil sport.

Do not unplug interconnects when amp and system is on.

ozzy

Do not move heavy speakers with sharp spikes thereunder while barefoot

Play volley ball outside when the music is playing.

Do not drink and operate your turntable.