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What was you most expensive accidental damage?

I have read many claims by members that they accidently damaged their multi-thousand dollar cartridge styli by improper handling. I have blown out a few low power handling speakers with high powered amps. Several members claim that their cats have clawed the speaker cones to shreds. Have you experianced any 1) blown amplifier output transistors by accidently shorting the speaker wires. 2) Extra loud turn on thumps blowing out speakers 3)Putting the wrong tube in tube socket destroying the tube 4) leaving tube equipment so longthat the capacitors melt. 5)Electrical fires from AC shorts?
mint604
chazzbo
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Getting married.But then again like the joke gies "why is divorce so expensive?BECAUSE IT"SWORTH IT!!!!!!".Actually for me it was when I spilled (bottle fell off shelf and plaict cap broke ) of a pint of LAST Preservative (don't leave home without it-other than vaccum cleaner the best accesssory for Lp'there is).I was only the last third of a pint but I fely like those Revas Chegal ad's where they ask "Ever see a gown man cry?"
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rar1
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Mint:

Fried a Harman Kardon 3380 receiver ($250) by shorting the speakers wires (#1). While they were here, Sylvester (the cat) clawed out a pair of EPI 100's ($150 - 1979 money) and Vino (the cat) clawed out a pair of KEF Q55's ($600), as well as the motherboard of a PC. With that said, for the longest times my speakers were inside of cabinets and at least 5 feet off the ground. The new guys, Ruby (the cat) and Archie (the cat) tend to leave my stuff alone.

Regards, Rich
hank
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Well...........I do have a story. Way back in the late 60s when I was in college my buddies and I would set up a couple of mics and tape record our group playing folk music. One day, at a family party my little cousin came into the room where we had just recorded a song and the mics were live. She put her lips against one of the mics and let out a loud scream. The results were two melted voice coils on my EMI speakers. When I sent them in for repair I got a call from a EMI engineer wanting to know how the hell that happened. He said he never seen a speaker voice coil so totally destroyed. It's funny now, but at the time there were no smiles on my face.
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