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Cats and audiophiles

Are there any cat owners and audiophiles out there? Do your cats listen with you? I have four hyperactive bengals 2 males 1 year old and two females 18 weeks old. The males will listen to chamber music but not symphonic; all hate opera. None use the Avalons nor the Acoustats as scratching posts... lucky I guess. All four will sleep or listen on the sofa except the alpha male Crash (apropos). He will wander over to the Spectral DMA 180 and lay on it for warmth ( why I don't know because the room is warm enough). They will all leave disgusted if I attempt to put on rock or jazz. They will listen to Mozart all night long or until they are hungry, in which case they will "coo" (bengals coo--rarely meow) and do their love bites to let me know it is time for food.
shubertmaniac
hpims
129 posts
 
I told mine to stay out of the audio room, lest he mess up the 'steens grille cloths. He listened to that.... !!!
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davehrab
380 posts
 
I agree with the cats on the opera ... just be careful, and when you see them sitting in the chair that occupies the sweet spot, you will know that they are making their move to assert pack dominace over you, and your system. It will probably be one of the older male's who makes the first move, desiring to establish his "ALHPA" status with in the pack. At this point Pet Counseling is useless.
jeff_jones
418 posts
 
I've been told that they help cancel sidewall reflections if you have them stuffed and stack them about halfway between your listening position and speakers. FWIW.
hifidreams
109 posts
 
One of my cats with run out and set right in the middle of the room when I put on Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of Voodoo Chile. She will set there and stair from one speaker to the other for the whole song.
estrong
57 posts
 
There are 3 cats in my house. One of them just sleeps all day. My cat likes classical, blues, and classic rock. She'll leave the room if heavy metal is put on. My girlfriends cat is the opposite. She loves heavy metal and will leave the room if classical music is put on. I have a perch for them between my right speaker and my equipment stand. they leave the equipment alone, and scratch the perch.

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