Can Vandy's get along with cats?

There is no definitive answer.

I've had one grill cloth clawed "one time" in the past 21 years (total of 8 cats/3 still with us).

Many of our cats being feral rescues (one was both feral and bi-polar).

This said, they damaged a leather sofa (both arms ripped to shreds), one leg on an old Monterey dining table was used as a scratching post (one out of four isn't bad), various rugs, carpet, bedding (during the last stages of their lives), a few paintings (worth more than the stereo) and one sprayed the coffee maker while it was in the process of brewing (the bi-polar one:-).

All in all they have been very well behaved, IMO, when compared to all the things I've screwed up over the past 56 years.

As your speaker socks are replaceable I'd start him/her out with the Vandies.

Anyone concerned with the well being of an animal is NOT the one that needs professional help. If spending more on speakers is necessary in trying to be responsible, will the poor please get out of the way of the rich. I commend Robshrode.

Loving a pet is nothing to laugh at and companionship from an animal is far more intelligent than a expensive stereo. You just cant predict this, my cat has claws and zero desire to claw anything. Dont declaw unless last resort, its cruel but better than death.

Introduce your cat to scratching posts. Place scratching posts in multiple areas of your home. This should greatly decrease the chances that your cat will use your speakers.
Declawing a cat is absolutely taboo, cruel and unacceptable.

1) Most cats would rather scratch a sissal scratching post and one near enough the speakers will get used preferentially.

2) Most cats will avoid things that get them sprayed with a water bottle (while they're actually in the process of doing something undesirable).

3) Grill cloth doesn't cost a lot of money to replace if somehow that fails.

I had 6-7 years of overlap between having my cat (and my sister's cat when she moved in) and speakers with grills without issue.