Years ago: bought a brand new and very rare Supex SDX3300 boron-cantilevered HO MC cartridge, expensive for the time and a significant smack to my youthful wallet. Sweet sounds, oh my. Bumped cabinet hard, by accident. Snapped cantilever. Gave up on audiophile purchases for about 30 years. Slowly edging my way back in but will never be as silly as I once was.
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?
So what has been your biggest and/or costliest mistake?