My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions.


(Public service announcement-keep your pets away from your audio equipment)

I love my cat. But not as much as I once did :-)
The short story is cat pee corroded the main board to my ARC REF 5SE. 

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover repair or replacement because owning a pet means you assume liability/responsibility. Ironically, or strangely enough, If my neighbor's cat or dog did this, I could collect.

My options-
Repair it. Fixing it will cost 7K. The main board alone is 6K.
Buy a pre-owned replacement at close to similar price. And if I go pre-owned, what's the market on a REF 5SE with a destroyed main board.
Go in a different direction.

What would you do?

TIA,
David
wharfy
Perhaps a cat whisperer or cat diapers (wear “very” thick long sleeved gloves).

On a more serious note, I’d make sure that the cat pee problem is resolved before another costly accident happens. Could be that the cat is angry, jealous, sick, or stressed.
Cats the other white meat.

I dog might do the same or similar but at least they would feel guilty...




What comes to mind is all of those used ads preaching “pet and kid free.” Shame this happened. I’m very sorry for you!