What's the worst speaker or stereo set-up you've ever seen?


I used to do home delivery and installation work and had access to some pretty high-end homes. I was amazed at how few of these well-heeled owners had nice audio systems, although many had some nice home theaters. One home owner had a basement stereo with small Maggies hinged on a wall like cabinet doors so he could direct the sound and, I guess, tuck them away when not in use. I also saw a pair of Bose 901’s pointed the wrong way. What’s the worse set-up you’ve seen?
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I was demoing two of the most popular products mentioned on this site paired together.  A very expensive ($5K+) pair of stand mounts and a popular Chinese manufactured tube amp.  
They were poorly matched and I am sure can sound good with other equipment.  The shocking part was when I asked the retailer why it sounded so bad he said it was because “my music sucked”.  He then payed some obscure music that sounded good.  I informed him I wasn’t planning on changing my listening tastes so I could have the pro ledge of owning these products.  
Shockingly, I didn’t buy either item.