What pets hang out with Audiophiles?

I have a cat & a dog & the cat likes to curl up in the room when I play the stereo & it doesn't matter what the volume is. The dog usually gets up & leaves when the music starts.

Personality wise, the cat is aloof. In fact the neighbors cat is much friendlier & comes over to great us & play, etc. OTOH the dog is very friendly & well disciplined.

We also have a Cocker Spaniel named Bow Bow (Chinese for "Baby") who sometimes gets kicked out of the stereo room when I am trying to do some serious listening, because she likes to scratch; which causes a thump on the floor and a jingle of the tags on her collar. She also likes to snort.

We have a basenji puppy who plays in the family room where the hi fi is. She generally ignores the music. The biggest response I've gotten from her is the first time I played Hugh Masekela's Coal Train (on the "Hope" album) and the vocalist goes "Whoo Whoo" like a train whistle, real loud. She picked up her head, perked up her ears, and looked for the vocalist. Recently, she's found the power amps--Pass X600s, running class A--and likes to curl up on the carpet in front of them for warmth (even in the summer). I live in perpetual fear she will chew my speaker cables--6 meter pair of Audioquest Dragons.

I loves cats. I treat my felines with the same respect that I would impart to an international dignitary, i.e., Louis IV. Aside from exclusively using Evian in their water bowl, they're fed a diet of turkey and other premium meats. Regarding their musical taste: strickly Tchaikovsky!

My 16 year old cat always curls up beside me, or sits on my lap, whenever I settle down to listen to music. She is almost totally deaf now, and so does not care about the volume or what I listen to (my wife should be so tolerant...).