Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?


I agree that I do not want a preamp or speaker coated with a film of smoke, but I am confused as to what a child or pet could do that would not be otherwise visible. You would see the cat scratches on the speaker grill, the dog chew marks on the rack, the iguana turds in the amplifier cooling vents. And what's a little dog hair among friends? As a 3 year old, I supposedly put my finger through my grandfather's new DIY speaker but I'm pretty sure he replaced the drivers so even that doesn't really matter. Most things will be visible and/or easily remedied.  Maybe the price will even be a little lower because of the cosmetics. If it doesn't mess with function, not a big deal to me.

What concerns me more is does it come from a drunk-free, drug-free home.  I think befuddled owners are far more worrisome than pets or children.

 

tcutter

       When my daughter was five;  I put a system together for her with a Technics integrated.

      An older child was visiting, turned every knob on the Technics to max and THEN pushed the Power button.     It was on FM and the kid had managed to find a nice spot between channels (White Noise galore).

      Before I could reach the room, she had taken out the right channel's output IC and educated/reminded me about a lot of other peoples' children.     

                       (Just another way kids can abuse equipment.)

       Don't want to smell your cat, dog, or tar/nicotine (never have bought a smoked-in car, either).

       I've always thought there were others out there, that felt as I do, thus: anything I've sold, far as things electronic (since the kids have grown), have been listed as: 'From a smoke, pet, child and vermin* free home'.

                            *No fleas, ticks, roaches or mouse turds, either.

        Can't help but feel: I'm not the Lone Ranger; when it comes to buying a CLEAN piece of electronic gear or cabling.

                        Couldn't care less about the virtue signalers' opinions!

                                          Happy listening!

I sold all my gear as coming from a  "free  from audiophile vermin" home ..

 

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@mahgister I have to praise you for your posts responding to fascist free household requirement.
You nailed it. The communists/socialists/anarchists/facsists etc. of the world who disregard history drive their idiotic narrative here and fuel the division. We’re hanging by a thread already. And yet they just can’t resist.
I’m surprised he didn’t post any additional videos of the Ivy League school protests supporting terrorists. I guess they don’t have a song yet. What a f-n mess…

You must have missed the recent "The Dog Peed on My Speaker" thread.

Exactly!