On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:46:40 -0000, "Mike Gilmour"
wrote:

Any audio tales of stoopid actions .i.e. like plugging in when mains
selector set to 110V...come on, we'll laugh with you not at you - promise.

Many years ago I acquired a HiFi News Test CD. I decided to use the
spot frequencies to see how high I could hear. I was pleasantly
surprised to be able to hear 18kHz (not too bad, being in my late 30s
at the time). But I couldn't hear 20kHz.
Thinks: "I wonder if I would hear it if it was louder?". So I slowly
raised the volume control until I did hear something: the distinctive
popping sound of both tweeters burning out.