Pets and hifi [Archive] - The Art of Sound Forum

morris_minor

10-02-2012, 09:44

How do your pets interact with your hifi? Do they like your music? Do they chew your speaker cables?

When not playing with cables our cats have taken to sleeping on the hifi cabinet, as the (rubbish iPad) picture shows - the ASBO-cat Stanley pretending to enjoy Andre Cluytens conducting the Berlin Phil in a Beethoven overture playing on the Transporter. The little racks I have for the few SACD/DVD-A discs I have form a nice little corner . . .:eyebrows:

bobbasrah

10-02-2012, 10:00

How do your pets interact with your hifi? Do they like your music? Do they chew your speaker cables?

Our 3 legged rescue Ahmed will occasionally pay attention, mainly if there are bees, birds, fireworks or other test recordings being played when he is sat with a confused but attentive look, instinct I would guess. Deep bass seems to draw attention, but other than that, music is of passing indifference.;)
Occasionally he will hear something in a piece that alerts him, rushes over to one of the main speakers, and stretches up to get closer to the Fountek ribbon tweeter. No idea what he is hearing at all but he looks most decidedly confused...:mental:
Otherwise no misbehaviour with the gear, although everything else is open season, which is I guess normal for a terrorist....:rolleyes:

DSJR

10-02-2012, 10:09

Alex_UK

10-02-2012, 20:05

I had problems with scratched speakers and plucked grilles - easily sorted with a house-brick, carrier bag and the nearest river... JOKE before all you puddy tat lovers have a coronary! ;)

Goldfish are allowed as pets in my house, but anything else I'm dubious of. :lol:

YNWaN

11-02-2012, 12:57

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

Dominic Harper

11-02-2012, 13:00

Ollie-paws always avoided the stereo, but Titchpuss once took to sitting under the big ATC's I remember. One evening, I arrived home, turned the system on, forgetting I had the volume well up. The resultant blast nearly took Titch out of his skin I remember. The following day, he came in, glared at the speakers and stalked as far from them as dignity would allow :)

Not mine, but a lovely pic from Denis Blackham of Skye-Mastering and another pair of ATC100A's -

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/DSJR_photos/f0f03285.jpg

Dave this is bloody brilliant. One of my cats sits in front of the OBs and her ears start twitching and her head starts moving around. They all love the sound of any music we might be playing, but especially if we are palying something that has birds in the background, it's a song by Kate Bush. My cats go mental when they hear it:lol:.

Natalie;)

The Grand Wazoo

11-02-2012, 13:33

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5683/mootsnoots.jpg

He just sits there patiently waiting for me to put on something like 'Seamus' by Pink Floyd.....

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....or 'Been Caught Stealing' by Jane's Addiction....

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..........or something with birds twittering on it...............at which point he goes totally bananas & won't stop for anything

Macca

11-02-2012, 13:40

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

Does there need to be a point to everything we do? In the long run we are all dead so it is all pointless. You may as well say 'I don't see the point in having a wife'. I don't, btw...;)

Canetoad

11-02-2012, 13:51

When I click on the UTube links above I get the message "Embedding disabled by request". Then a link to watch it on UTube. How do I enable it? :scratch:

jandl100

11-02-2012, 14:52

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

That figures!! :lol:

Here's some of mine ...

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/MelodySP3andSooty-small.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/88SootzandLarry.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/QuadsLarry1-1.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/QuadKrellLarry.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DSCF5254.jpg

YNWaN

11-02-2012, 14:56

I rest my case!

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Does there need to be a point to everything we do? In the long run we are all dead so it is all pointless. You may as well say 'I don't see the point in having a wife'. I don't, btw...;)

Hopefully you just wrote the above for some kind of comic effect, and don't honestly think it is valid to compare having a pet cat/dog to getting married!

jandl100

11-02-2012, 14:58

I rest my case!

Yup, I'd hate it if we had anything at all in common, Mark. :lol:

YNWaN

11-02-2012, 15:01

Well, we agree on that...Jerry; first name terms, it's almost as if we are friends, or have even met!

BTH K10A

11-02-2012, 16:13

I rest my case!

They work far better than Shakti Stones and the long haired varieties double up as room treatment. :D

Mr Nad

11-02-2012, 16:34

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

I don't see the point in alcohol:cool: Don't drink it, don't keep it in the house.

My pets give me plenty of warms and happiness, and cost a lot less, not taking into account the devastation they leave in their wake.

morris_minor

11-02-2012, 17:13

They work far better than Shakti Stones and the long haired varieties double up as room treatment. :D

:lol: :D

Hoffer

11-02-2012, 18:16

Zeus has his own sweet spot.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6819163571_0351fdd266_b.jpg

Pete The Cat

11-02-2012, 21:06

My cat used to love sharpening her claws on speaker grilles, not that they were too effective or resilient.

Pete

joey

11-02-2012, 21:12

Here is my cat inspecting a stand i had,

Crazy thing that she is!

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/joestanton4/a04142ba.jpg

Marco

11-02-2012, 21:21

Zeus has his own sweet spot.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6819163571_0351fdd266_b.jpg

WOW... What a fantastic looking room, system - and DOG! :respect:

Animals rule - in fact, in many ways I prefer them to people. Anyone who doesn't love animals, quite simply, has no soul...

Marco.

northwest

11-02-2012, 21:50

WOW... What a fantastic looking room, system - and DOG! :respect:

Animals rule - in fact, in many ways I prefer them to people. Anyone who doesn't love animals, quite simply, has no soul...

Marco.

Well. The acid test for the disbelievers:

Stuff your Dog and the missus/girlfriend into the boot of the car. Drive around for half an hour. Open the boot - NOW see who kisses you!

Jonboy

11-02-2012, 22:36

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

Feel much the same about most of Naims gear :D

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/imagesCAS6TVNB.jpg

Colin

11-02-2012, 22:44

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

As I get older, and meet more people, the more I prefer my dogs.

morris_minor

11-02-2012, 23:20

Next time I start a contentious thread I'll make sure it's about something really trivial, like, er, Why Hifi Sucks As It Can Never Be As Good As Live Music. :lol:

Smoker

12-02-2012, 01:17

she can rest her head anywhere she likes, but no sleeping on the lid of my gyro lol

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg338/scaled.php?server=338&filename=img20111219223815.jpg&res=medium

northwest

12-02-2012, 07:55

I can't really see the point in having a pet animal.

I for one apreciate your honesty. Some people are just not "pet people".
On the other hand, the only reason I have four dogs and three cats is because I really don't have room for six dogs and five cats!

YNWaN

12-02-2012, 10:50

Actually, I've just spent the weekend in a household that has a dog, a cat and a kitten.... and I can see the fun in having pets (I'm still not getting any though :))

Macca

12-02-2012, 11:21

bobbasrah

12-02-2012, 11:40

I don't see the cat as a 'pet'. A Guinea Pig or a hamster, that is a 'pet'. The cat is a wild animal that you invite to live in your home. It has it's own agenda. They need to be free to come and go, cats that are imprisoned in the house go a bit weird and infantile as a consequence.

Funny thing is that some humans are prone to the same...:mental:

I liked the summary - Cats have pets called humans, humans have pets called dogs....;)

Marco

12-02-2012, 12:09

Ain't that the truth!!!

Marco.

Arcamnut

12-02-2012, 13:19

Heres my little pussy looking for the sweet spot
http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa349/Arcamnut/DCP_3144.jpg

YNWaN

12-02-2012, 14:03

Feel much the same about most of Naims gear :D

You must be confusing me with someone else.

Alan Sircom

13-02-2012, 01:11

Dogs have 'owners'. Cats have 'staff'.

YNWaN

13-02-2012, 08:14

Does that mean that one either chooses to subjugate or to be subjugated?

Rare Bird

14-02-2012, 14:36

Give me a cat over a human anyday.

wobbleu

14-02-2012, 14:39

Does that mean that one either chooses to subjugate or to be subjugated?

I don't know about anybody else but that sounds like a normal day at work to me...

On a different tack, our old Doberman who we sadly lost to lung cancer last year had a thing about Dave Gilmour.

She's on youtube 'singing' along to Wish you were here (Ailsa sings Pink Floyd).
On another occasion we were watching tv late at night - she'd taken herself off to bed - and we were watching one of the Secret Policeman's Ball concerts. Part way through Kate Bush did a song with Dave Gilmour backing her on stage, the dog suddenly trotted in and stood watching the TV from about a foot away with her ears pricked up - as soon as he'd finished playing she just turned and went back upstairs.

The only other time she showed any interest in any other musician was for an odd Pat Metheny track and only once, yet I could be up in the attic playing WYWH and she'd be singing along on the ground floor - normally with her front paws up on a chair in standard wolf pose.

Macca

14-02-2012, 14:40

I let the cat out last night about 0230 - he came back at 1130 this morning. Quite how he knew that I had a day off work and would be around to let him back in I have no idea. I certainly did not mention it to him.

shane

14-02-2012, 19:17

My dog is a useful diagnostic tool. If she runs around whimpering when I switch my amp on, I know to switch it off again 'cos it's gone into oscillation. All I have to do now is work out why.

RichB

03-03-2012, 01:13

amazing how a cheap pair of alphason stands (£20 ebay) attracts the pussy to the second system

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s468/richbritton/IMG00036-20120303-0054.jpg

chester is enjoying the varied vibes of Radio Paradise!

AlfaGTV

03-03-2012, 10:03

Here's my pet! Ohh, sorry, it's the black furry one on the floor... :D
http://www.ollars.net/hififorum/Asgatan_2.jpg
We call him the " mobile acoustic absorbent" ;)

Dominic Harper

03-03-2012, 11:52

Here's my pet! Ohh, sorry, it's the black furry one on the floor... :D
http://www.ollars.net/hififorum/Asgatan_2.jpg
We call him the " mobile acoustic absorbent" ;)

You cheeky bugger, I hope your wife doesn't see this, she will bloody kill ya. lololol

Natalie;)

Dominic Harper

03-03-2012, 11:54

Dom and I have 4 cats and one of them that looks a little like one of Marco's cats. She sits behind the OB speaker and loves listening to the music. I have tried to get a pic when she does it, but as soon as I get the camera out she moves. Must be camera shy lolololol.

Natalie;)

DSJR

03-03-2012, 12:03

I've nicked this shot from Denis Blackham's Facebook page (Skye Mastering - Bilbo Boppa vinyl cuts). Hope he won't mind the shameless plug (don't know him, but deeply respect his work over the years - he's an ATC100A owner too, so can't be bad :))

Tiberius Puss is supervising a four CD box set mastering (from original analogue tapes) of TeeDee's Edgar Froese for EMI amongst other projects. can't wait for these :)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/DSJR_photos/5f72546f.jpg

Welder

03-03-2012, 12:27

Amazing what you can build with Meccano these days ;)

lotus340r

18-03-2012, 20:44

great thread

pets rule :)

http://www.jackals-forge.com/TMP/_SA20423.jpg

morris_minor

18-03-2012, 21:38

I love the look on your cat's face, Richsrd. We know who's boss :lol:.

Marco

18-03-2012, 22:45

Here's my pet! Ohh, sorry, it's the black furry one on the floor... :D
http://www.ollars.net/hififorum/Asgatan_2.jpg

It'd have been much worse if you'd said "Here's my black furry one, and the pet's on the floor"! :eek:

Marco.