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

Showing 4 responses by wsrrsw

Maybe spending inordinate amounts of time on line trying to decipher what will catapult my system into nirvana. 
Champagne tastes on a beer budget is difficult. 
Democracy (read as spouse) can be a limiting factor. 
Got a used Furman it-ref 15i. It made the sound dull. Yuck  Plugged AMP right into wall and life was good. Wall outlet upgraded too. 
Then got a new niagara 7000 and all was well. 
Put the Furman on the “B” system and it didn’t affect sound.
Stuff fits together or it doesn’t.  
Wasted $ on poor connects and speaker wire. Didn’t know enough back then. 

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.