Of Kittens and Turntables

[duderduderini]

Chill out man

Hey RJM
thanks for you very humanisitic sentiments as they are only fortifying my sad revelation at the sadistic "I told you so" terseness of about 30% of the members who have responded.
For a start I AINT CRYING ABOUT IT!!!!!!
Second.... I DIDNT SPEND BEYOND MY MEANS!!!
Thirdly apart from you "I told you so" guys whos complaining?
It was an anecdote , merely an experience for petes' sake
Do you ivory tower know alls actually have pets?
Does anybody love you with that steely surely boolean attitude you all so proudly wear?
GET REAL GUYS.. this is really showing some poor attitudes and I am gobsmacked to be blunt.
Man I am quite shocked at all of you.. get a life, nuture a flower do something for your planet but please spare me the vitreole.
Tanks for nuttin
And if this offends you then we are even .. what happened to the meeting of minds and if anything happens to your equipment guys.. then listen to the distant thunderous laughter emanating from Australia

 

[wakibaki]

It's just a question of maximizing the usage of available space.

This is just one of the places where we store our cats when not in use.

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

Roxy

w

Don't ask me - she LIKES it in there.

 

[duderduderini]

Oh and another thing

Hello fans
Cause this is blossoming so nicely I am not going to bother to even post any more replys to this unless its about audio and nice pet stories Just have a wonderful calm and joyful life.
"Peace out"

 

[pfcs49]

Did you hear about the chicken cannon and the cat?...............

 

[duderduderini]

Cats of musical talent

Hey Guys
Thank god for youtube.. perhaps the seminal influence of this century.
I typed in "cats and turntables" .. there where dozens
heres a few..... most rigs are sl1200's.. somehow I doubt a clearaudio master reference will put up with this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu9aIp8g93k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbcO0nd0o9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt37evV11Wg
Oh I could bore you for hours but those 3 are quite amuzing....
Technics must make indestructable rigs
Oh here is just a cat video.. my what athletic little bundles of perfection they are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvo-g_JvURI
Nick

 

[a.wayne]

What about Cat Stevens ?

 

[duderduderini]

What about Cat Stevens?
Are you suggesting he was/is the seminal influence of this century?
Which of course is a moot point seeing he changed his name to Yusif Islam in the 20th Century...
Or
Answer2
Yes you are right , how could I omit this beacon for the feline cause?

 

[rcavictim]

I have a cat ready to play whenever I want it.

 

[duderduderini]

Hi
is that an audiophile 200 gram cat? or a run of the mill 160 grammer?
do you wash it before you play it?
how the heck do you set VTA?
Nick

 

[wakibaki]

What about Cat Stevens ?

Yeah, what about Cat Stevens?

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

Dogs begin to bark, hounds begin to howl

Nowhere in any of these songs does it say anything about CATS, although there is mention of a rooster.

w

OTOH

A wild cat did growl

...so I guess that invalidates that argument, to a degree.

 

[EC8010]

Well, naturally I'm sorry to hear the fate of the stylus. I blame the dogs. I've had cats for years and not had any accidents other than a wine glass flicked over by a cat's tail (red wine everywhere). My experience is that cats very quickly learn when you really mean you don't want them to do something. Mind you, I try not to put temptation in their way, so all my loudspeakers are cat-proofed. My previous cat (alas, no more) was very keen on music and would always come into the room shortly after music was put on. She would then position herself in the exact central spot on the sofa (preventing me from sitting there) and listen attentively. Somewhere, I have a photograph of her studying a Mullard data sheet.

 

[moray james]

You know they care....

but about what is sometimes hard to tell.

 

[moray james]

You know they care....

but about what is sometimes hard to tell.

 

[rcavictim]

Mind you, I try not to put temptation in their way, so all my loudspeakers are cat-proofed. My previous cat (alas, no more) was very keen on music and would always come into the room shortly after music was put on. She would then position herself in the exact central spot on the sofa (preventing me from sitting there) and listen attentively.

I discovered the trick to keeping my two beloved house cats from scratching up the drivers and destroying the surrounds in my Ultor design which places the two 12" woofers right at the bottom near the floor, too low to provide a comfortable angle to stretch and claw against. They leave the grilles alone too on the first pair of Ultors which have removable clothed grilles. The 5 cu.ft. regular box speakers on the floor in my bedroom have grille cloth and the other cat just cannot be learned to not use it as a scratching post. The large male, the one in my previous picture leaves them alone but both cats totally destroyed the surrounds of two 15" woofers placed vertically one above the other in my previous large system because they were the right height zone for a good stretch, like they reach for a doorknob sometimes and then drop with dragging claws outstretched. If there is a open driver in the path, look out. Therefore don't place open drivers in inside doors below the doorknobs! Also probably not a good idea to put grille cloth on the bedroom door either 😀

The cat shown likes to grab the sweet spot on the couch when the music is turned on as well! I don't blame him. Tube amplification and super duper Ultor-X speakers.