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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?
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erik_squires
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Buying a sub (Miller & Kriesel) without knowing how difficult getting it to work right would be.  This wasn't that big of a cost in absolute terms, but I was a  young audiophile and everything seemed expensive, but that it derailed my listening experience.

I should have focused on the mid-treble, imaging and natural tonal balance over trying to get a 20 Hz response.
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