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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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I had a Superphon DM220 amp on the floor. Ataxia was starting to make it difficult to balance bending over so I was pushing on the rocker power switch on/off with my toe. Missed one time and pushed the power LED in.  The amp became a welder and popped both woofers in the sacrifice.
Ended up with better woofers and a 400s amp.
Total ~$600 damage.
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