Quite the opposite of a stroke of genius.
For the last 14 years i have been listening to my NS-1000 via a NAD C740 receiver.
Long story shortened.
Bought the Yamahas about 35 years ago with a NAD class A amp. Superb sound.
Twenry years ago a glas of red wine sipped into the amp instead of the wine in me.
Having not much financial headroom and a wife wanting a radio I bought the NAD C740. Superb.
For the money.
So finally last week I was able to buy the two Quad 504-2 monoblocks, advertised on this forum by John.
Wonderfull person to deal with, by the way. Sorry John, the rest of this story might be a bit of a shock.
Shipping went fine, connected them to the Yamahas. Revelation.
So much space, low end tight, seperation. Happy person.
But then I wanted to try the other speakercables.
Now i should confess I never changed the speakerterminals on the Yamahas.
I SHORTEND THE LEADS ON ONE OF TE SPEAKERS.
So. One quad 405-2 demolished.
Man do I feel sick, stupid, gutted.....
Luckily I have been able to contact Duncan(Tubehunter), who has kindly agreed to try bringing the defective powerboard back to live.
So there may still be a happy ending.
I had to get this of my chest, tell about some nice people on this forum and I have to kill the time waiting for the board to return.