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I always do something stupid...

...I have a pretty nice system and it is important to me. I spend hours researching tweaking and getting it right. I spend even more time listening to it of course. I am a pretty careful and meticulous person in most things.

So...why is it that everytime I get a new piece of expensive equipment or a new cable or whatever, I always manage to do something you are not supposed to do. Like turning off the pre-amp before the power amps and getting a loud pop. Or leaving an amplifier on and unplugging the interconnect attached to it at the pre-amp. Or forgetting that the interconnects to the subwoofer are JUST long enough and trying to move the subwoofer (and thus stressing the interconnects) without unplugging them. Or SIMPLY NOT NOTICING THAT THE $!@*# VOLUME IS UP TOO HIGH BEFORE I PUSH PLAY ON THE TRANSPORT. I could go on.

Point being, I've never really screwed anything up, but it's not from lack of "rying." Is this just me? I realize I've opened myself up to cruelty on this one...
dgaylin
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Easy, before you do anything in the future, STOP and take ten seconds to THINK before you DO ANYTHING. Think it through.

STOP,COUNT, THEN ACT.
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dave_b
3,159 posts
 
OK Father...I promise to count next time!
theunderlyingtheme
90 posts
 
Best one for me is when I went to pick up my turntable from the shop - I had them install a Dynavector cartridge on it.

When I got home to hook it up, I noticed that the freaking cantilever was bent about 45 degrees. Apparently, something happened while the guy was showing me the counterweight on the arm (just a few minutes prior). Probably my fault, I'm sure.

Then - as I left my house to go back to the shop to show the owner, I was upset and not paying attention - and I scraped my car against my iron driveway gate - putting a huge gash on the left side.

Yep, that's my favorite.
uncertainsmile
88 posts
 
here's one i JUST discovered. only cuz i'm a fidgeter, i was poking around the back of my sub. guess what! i had it plugged into the high pass OUT jack! audyssee didn't catch anything funny and neither did i. it actually sounded ok. i keep the sub level pretty low. even during films it was responding pretty good. nontheless, that is a whoa. wonder who plugged it in?....
tobias
1,534 posts
 
Glad this thread came up. Just 2 days ago I had my cute little Audio Space
AS-3i integrated tube amp up on new Herbie's Iso-Cups. Wow, best the amp
has ever sounded, try Herbie's everyone. Only now I wanted more so I took
the CDP off its FIM roller balls to try the amp's former footers (also from
Herbie, great stuff Herbie's) under that. Had to rush a bit because was going
to be late for supper.

Well, a ball bearing rolled away behind the rack, natch, but the rack is on
casters. Easy to get behind when the rack is on casters, just pull it out. I did
that. The integrated amp slid right off the glass balls in the Iso-Cups and
down behind the rack. Agh, I tried to grab it but them KT66s were hot, did I
mention the amp was running while I did this. Total drop about 18 inches.
Amp weighs 14.5 kilos.

Oyaide connector on power cord totaled. One KT66 loose in base, maybe the
one I grabbed. Retubed with spare EL34 set, rebiased and switched on. Tubes
heat up but no sound, well, almost none when volume at max.

My guess is the drop pressed the speaker wires up against the chassis
connectors and shorted the output trannies. I just shipped the amp off to the
shop today.

I have nothing, nothing to gain from this dumb act of mine except maybe
learn I have a choice: either practice patience before I act or practice patience
afterward. Great posts from guys above, Mr Man and Stevecham are specially
for me.
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