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How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment?

We adopted a long-hair, one-eyed stray kitten. She is a very lovely cat, however, she likes jumping up on stereo equipment - tube preamp and mono block amplifiers. Am I right in thinking that cat hairs that fall inside the equipment can eventually fry things? Assuming so, I can't be the first person to have a cat AND hifi equipment. How do you keep the cat off? For the record she only jumps up there when she is alone in the room, so I think she gets that we don't want her up there, but just hasn't filed under "relevant info." I would greatly appreciate suggestions!

sid-hoff-frenchman
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lordmelton
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Tiger piss they've got sh*tloads at the zoo.

lldd
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Get a dog.

mickeyb
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Put a dog on top of your equipment. Should do the trick. 

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jbuhl
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Re-home the cat.

yep. When my last pet kick the bucket i was done.

Had a buddy going through same thing. Had these plexiglass contraptions around his gear. What a pain to listen to his system. When cat shuffled of to big sky he called it on pet ownership.

Everytime I talk to my sister on the phone we can go hardly chat a minute before she has to start yakking at one of the critters too. “STOP…….”

Another buddy cat just last week contracts diabetes. Med cost enough to buy a nice new amp every year.

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doyle3433
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My bud George and I discuss this sensitive topic regularly. He's a good dude, respects my stuff so long as I respect his. 

Also depends on what I'm playing. He'll sit with me for a listen so long as I'm playing Steely Dan, or Bill Evans but will leave the room if Suicide Silence, Sanguisabogg, or The Melvins are on. 

I did have a massive folded low end cab he used to like to sleep in. 

I've been lucky I guess.

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