It's October I want to hear horror stories about equipment.

I bought someone else's horror story once. A pair of Thiel CS3.0's a while ago. Bought 'em for $300. Seems the wife was not happy when she discovered how much hubby had paid, and took a small axe to the side of one speaker. In my room I was able to place these so the damage was not visible. I actually sold them for $500! The new owner was happy, he got great speakers with a history to tell! Be careful guys, you never know what honey might do whilst you are sleeping!

Paul

Worst product design...Sylvania receiver (circa late 1972). My dad worked for them, and higher power receivers (50 wpc) were starting to be introduced due to transistor cicuitry. Employee discounts were HUGE, I was a freshman at U. Miami (Fla.) and I wanted to rock the dorm! When the FM multiplex IC went bad, a buddy and I replaced it. Disassembly proceedure: remove several mounting screws from both front and back panels, disconnect and remove the front (control) and back (input/output rca jacks) panels connected via MUTIPLE JUMPER CABLES, remove the power transformer WHICH WAS BOLTED DIRECTLY TO THE WOOD CABINET (I kid you not!...more jumper cables!) Slide the circuit board (only one HUGE flimsy board...no sub boards) out of either end of the now hollow (open ended) wood cabinet! This board was also not mounted on any kind of metal chasis! Disassemble/reassemble time 1 hour plus! And this from a company that built electronics for the defense industry!

Many moons ago, I sold Bang & Olufsen gear. A week after a
client purchased a $1200 cassette deck (1982 dollars!),
he returned, deck in hand, wearing one of the more pitiful, pained expressions I've witnessed. Alarmed at such high-end piece coming back in the door, I instantly asked why.
He simply placed the unit on the counter, and pushed the eject button. The lid very slowly opened and oozed out a
gooey pudding like substance. He then mumbled painfully that his 3 year old son managed to compact an entire
Chiquita banana into the transport. B & O's repair estimate, "A bunch". Danish humor I guess.

Lots of cool looking tube gear these days that looks like it could have come from Frankenstein's lab.

There is even an amp called 'Frankenstein".

OOOh..scary stuff!!

Here you go.
2 days ago was my bad and terrible day with so much of
bad and terrible luck. Turned TV on hoping to find mental
retreat, but all I saw is police, shooting, war here war
there, bombs, terrorists also Kardashians and other
stupid bullshit.
So I took my 11" hunting blade and stuck it all the
way through onto the 46" LG TV and watched BBQ
instead. The lighting like lines had been seen on the
screen. Pretty entertaining with some smoke too. Don't
try that at home if you prone to panic.