What was you most expensive accidental damage?

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?"
Chazzbo

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

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.

I had the veneer on my speakers crack due to a leak in the roof. To reveneer the speakers it will cost the same as replacing them. I am still working on the insurance settlement. They are eager to take your money but to get anything back is like squeezing 1000 watts out of an inexpensive SET amp.

I remember stepping on a pair of KR 842's! This was about a $700 screw up!