a friend of mine was selling audio equipment from his house. he he was delivering a pair of vandersteen 2c's. they were mounted on stands with spikes. i remarked that he needed a hand truck. He replied he just bought one and went to get it. He loaded the vandys on the hand truck. as he approached the car the vandys fell off the hand truck and scratched the door all way down the side of the a brand new car.
What was you most expensive accidental damage?
I have read many claims by members that they accidently damaged their multi-thousand dollar cartridge styli by improper handling. I have blown out a few low power handling speakers with high powered amps. Several members claim that their cats have clawed the speaker cones to shreds. Have you experianced any 1) blown amplifier output transistors by accidently shorting the speaker wires. 2) Extra loud turn on thumps blowing out speakers 3)Putting the wrong tube in tube socket destroying the tube 4) leaving tube equipment so longthat the capacitors melt. 5)Electrical fires from AC shorts?