Cats and audiophiles

We have 4 live-in cats: A Persian, a Maine Coon, a Siamese and a stray shorthair and they differ more in personality than in looks. Boy, do I have tales (pun intended).
There's always at least one of them around when I sit down to listen, or as a matter of fact, when doing ANYTHING around the house. They also supervise my wife and they even have this funny rotation system: if one leaves, another takes his place.
With the stereo, the worst damage has been a chewed up optical digital cable- which I guess it was their way of telling me toslink sucks! The scariest was one instance of turntable merry-go-round but fortunately there were no damages. Whew!
Of course, with them around being precautious becomes second nature. Like knowing not to thaw meat on the countertop. For example, the Siamese has this thing for CD drawers- you have to keep an eye on him. He even got his paw caught in the computer's CD drive once but he just won’t quit.
I also had a hard time teaching them not to perch on my thin floorstanders, but they rarely get on my Altec 19s. Go figure.

It's like having a private nuthouse... the fun never stops.

Mlq79...Since we are in the quotation business...

"The trouble with a kitten is that,
Eventually it becomes a cat".

Ogden Nash
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"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave to the leash. That is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat"---Mark Twain

"When I play with my cat, who knows if I am a pastime to her more than she is to me?"---Montaigne

"A cat has absolutely emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another may hide their feelings, but a cat does not"----Ernest Hemingway ( BTW, the descendents of EH's cats are all over Key West---most are polytactyls)

"The smallest feline is a masterpiece"---Leonardo da Vinci

"If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him"----Anonymous

Entrope,

My bumper sticker on the garage wall says:
"I love cats...........they taste like chicken"

I ,in my past experiences with the pussy-cat...have seen some short ones,hairy,hey some owners even shave them.There were some some that smell pretty awful.Fishy sort of smell...must be all that tuna.Wet ones too...oh how they hate the water.I've met some with headaches too....