This could be a fun thread and have some longevity if we keep it to one statement per post.
Or it could die in a day:(

Guess Ill start,

I honestly cannot tell the difference between my $200 speaker cables and lamp cord.

Chicago_Pete:

I honestly cannot tell the difference between my $200 speaker cables and lamp cord.

I agree.

And what I learned - Is that you have to spend a lot of money in this hobby to learn that you don't have to spend a lot of money to get good sound!

You must have some darn fine lamp cord!

Don't judge anything by it's looks, good or bad , because you may be surprised in the end !

russ69:

You must have some darn fine lamp cord!

 Yup, I'll bet that it's 100% stranded copper wire - A helluva conductor!

 I learned that these $60 PolyCrystal cones would have a more dramatic effect launched from a slingshot than under my Jolida CD player.

Single driver speakers, regardless of price, won't do it for me.

Kudret

Heresys with a sub sound almost as good as cornwalls.

jerol

It is better to wait twice as long and pay half as much as it is to rush and pay twice as much for half of what you want.

 My LaScalas paired with my Moondogs have more bass than everyone says they should.

sheltie dave:

It is better to wait twice as long and pay half as much as it is to rush and pay twice as much for half of what you want.

I really like horns. 

I've learned that vinyl sounds the best to me.

I've learned that magazine reviews are worth less than the paper they're printed on.

Agree with the speaker cable comment but I still use pedestraian low cost Audio Quest.

Wine corks are good enough under low mass components for vibration control.

HT frustrates me for music.

Old crossover capacitors suck the realism out of great speakers.