First Post- what not to do

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.

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 buy new tubes for your new tube amplifier before you even listen to it with the ones it came with.  

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

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