Most embarrassing mistake made in hifi

[Tons of Fun]

I bought an Audiolab 8000A.

I broke a Marantz MA9 at a show

Can't choose between those really.

 

[enjoy_the_music]

I was messing with Jadis JA-200 monos..switched them off and then made the mistake of not allowing for the 6 BIG capacitors to discharge fully, went to unplug the large power connectors and they discharged right up my arm...havent stood so proud in years.

Electrocutions mainly...thats my thing.

 

[The Hifi Gallery]

turning a Mac 2275 on too quickly after shutting it down by mistake, turned it on, and it popped it's fuse (all of 26.4p worth)and we had no spares luckily customer had heard enough to buy one anyway. (oh and we now have 9 spares coz I bought a pack of 10)

 

[PAG]

licking a fully charged capacitor on a 200w valve amp.

Christ, that was a rush, who needs Lysergic Acid Diethylamide?

 

[Sony6million]

When moving kit around I frequently forget to plug both speakers in. Maybe I don't actually forget, it is laziness and I am secretly hoping the other one will work once I've sat down.

 

[enjoy_the_music]

Crikey is this you?

PAG wrote:

licking a fully charged capacitor on a 200w valve amp.Christ, that was a rush, who needs Lysergic Acid Diethylamide?

 

[rockmeister]

imagining that one integrated valve hybrid might sound as good as valve monoblocks:?

:nup:

 

[GJO]

Buying an Amstrad amp !!

 

[thrunobulax]

Spending almost £300 on an MF MVT pre-amp with its phono stage torn out and an the innards of something cheap and nasty soldered in, plumber style.

eBay of course, my first "win" too

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But all ok since, once bitten as they say.

 

[notaclue]

The most embarrassing hi-fi mistake must surely be:

Jeanine: You don't, you don't do heavy metal in dobly, you know, I Mean...it's

Nigel: In what??? In what???

Jeanine: In dobly...

Nigel: In doubly!?! What's that?

David: She means Dolby, alright? She means Dolby, you know?You know perfectly well what she means.

 

[earl of sodbury]

It said "Bush" on the front and I still bought it without a trace of irony.

 

[TIU]

Cor

 

[Davewhityetagain]

earl of sodbury wrote:

It said "Bush" on the front and I still bought it without a trace of irony.

Sell it to Rudi

 

[meninblack]

I read WTF? then bought Cyrus and Quad 11 L's without bothering to listen (natch)...

 

[meninblack]

meninblack wrote:

I read WTF? then bought Cyrus and Quad 11 L's without bothering to listen (natch)...

Oh, and QED SA

 

[Biscuit]

joining the HFC forum

sure I could have saved myself a lot of money and time if I never discovered it

 

[Guest]

meninblack wrote:

meninblack wrote:

I read WTF? then bought Cyrus and Quad 11 L's without bothering to listen (natch)...

Oh, and QED SA

Ouch.

Surely, you'd have to be a dolphin to hear any sound from that combination?!

 

[mhuk]

 

[meninblack]

wayne rooney wrote:

meninblack wrote:

meninblack wrote:

I read WTF? then bought Cyrus and Quad 11 L's without bothering to listen (natch)...

Oh, and QED SA

Ouch.

Surely, you'd have to be a dolphin to hear any sound from that combination?!

Or a bat...

 

[Gromit]

It's 1985.

Every hifi journo is spoofing his pants over the Mission Cyrus 2 integrated so muggins here goes off to Laskys (remember them??) in Tott Ct Rd and buys one. No audition... 'surely it must be awesome'.

Got it home and plugged it in.

It was shit.

Let it run-in for a couple of weeks.

Still shit.

Plugged by little Rotel RA820BX back in. Music and sanity restored.

Some mug paid me the new price of the Cyrus to get his hands on it - apparently his dealer was struggling to get hold of one for him due to demand.

Ever since then I've not believed a word spoken by any hifi magazine reviews.