What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby?


For example :I recently learned a hard lesson- I accidentally ran voltage thru my $3000 MC cartridge (kiseki purple heart).  I have a TT with 5 prong connector and a phono cable with a 5 prong connector.  I accidentally swapped where they plugged into and ran electric thru the tonearm into the cartridge.  It was a stupid - not thinking- hasty mistake. When I corrected the problem the cartridge was fried.  An avalanche of four letter words followed!

So what has been your biggest and/or costliest mistake?
polkalover
Last year I moved house.  For months after the move I couldn't understand why my sound quality was apparently worse than before.  I blamed the acoustics of my new room.  

Only when doing some REW testing did it come to light that both my Seas tweeters were pressed in.  $900 a pair, plus installation.  I have no idea how this happened.  Could have been a visiting child or dog - but most likely it was clumsy carrying by me.

That being said, the new tweeters are great and my Kudos Super 20's sound better than ever.

drkingfish32 outposts

Your response to my attempted humorous answer (with a lot of truth in it) is completely uncalled for.

You have attacked another post on this thread. Is that how you roll?

Saying to someone their manhood or charter is deeply in question, aka horribly flawed, is over the top.

Semper fidelis.


@drkingfish,

What, in Gods name is your problem?  You spewed quite a bit of BS in your post.  Get up on the wrong side of the bed or are you always this way?   You seem very angry, perhaps some Anger Management Classes are in order?   I don’t think your drama is helpful or warranted. 
Can we take the personal attacks out of this please? Settle up or agree not to sell each other anything anymore.