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

@peter_s ...but your hair looked marvelous during then...*speaking slightly 'fay'...*

@jl35 ....I make absolutely sure that the only smoke I Direct Onto my pile is from the best 420 stock I can rack my lungs with....
Considering the music I play through it, you will thank me in the long run....esp. if you warm up the amp enough....😎

@thecarpathian  All things considered, I pref  the 'woke' state, as you certainly Don't want to be surrounded by 'unwoke' morning commuters...

Hi, I'm Jerry.  And I've been woke since 1967 and will continue being so until a shovel-full of dirt hits my face.  At the point, my p.o.'d corpse will impress upon the rapidly scattering assembly that "...I wanted to be dissolved and poured into a river.
That's because in a relatively short period of time, I'll be EVERYWHERE!"

*Inane Insane Laughter*  (...can't think of anything more scary....)

We have and have had pets during ownership of the bulk of the audiotrivia owned; 3 dogs, multiple cats (2 current, currently sleeping on spouse, a handy heat source and less bony than self), I smoke, we both imbibe at times, and don't keep a surgically sterile homescape.

We will supply a whole-body condom to any that are subject to Anything.

This will require signing multiple documents towards the purchase of mountaintop lots in Ft. Lauderdale.

I have no idea what the previous home life of my used components was....

"...you've been a bad, BAD Amplifier...."

...nor get all ruffed over it....

@noromance ....more perceptive than I....but ask if I care... ;)

@audphile1 

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Wow.  And here I thought I was the only one.

To start, let me just say I LOVE cats.

Can’t ever eat a whole one though…

(ba-DUMP-dum-CHING! I’m here all week folks, two shows on Saturday nights. Tip your waiter)

Cat dander is a much larger problem than most people realize. EVERY cat on the planet produces 5 types of allergens. The stuff from the saliva coats their hair and breaks off in little 2-3 micron lengh tubules as it slides off the ends of their hair. Particles SO small - but large enough - to get into our lungs’ terminal bronchi, stay there, and trigger allergic reactions, asthma or just be plain old irritants to non-allergic folks.  And it persists. A house where a cat has lived will still have measurable amounts of allergen many years (upwards of five in some studies) and in my years of practice (I’m a family practice physician, licensed since 1992, board-certified since 1999) I’ve treated hundreds of people for allergies who had NO idea they were allergic to cats until they were tested.

Dust mite and cockroach dander are also YUGE problems - but for another time and thread maybe.

I’ve read threads on several boards and fakebook pages where people post pictures of their cutesie little snookum wookums kitty witty all curled up atop  amplifiers that cost more than the average family car and other such.

Being allergic to the foul beasts myself (they WALK in their toilets then atop your food prep areas of your kitchen people!), ’m going to vote on the side of buying ONLY from smoke-free (this one’s self-explanatory… it’s 2024, only sociopaths still smoke), catless homes. Kids I’m not that worried about, the damage they do is usually more obvious.

JMHO.

I have a 15 pound Poodle mix rescue mutt that doesn't shed. I used to imbibe in a bit of bud in my listening area, but I managed to quit some time ago. We are empty-nesters but have constant visits from grandkids. So when I have sold or advertised items on CL, I never say smoke, pet or kid free. The equipment, however isn't really affected by any of those three detriments. 

I would buy anything used except headphones. Fido would disagree!