I hate my cats.

nadams
nadams Posts: 5,877
edited July 2008 in The Clubhouse
When I left this morning, everything was just fine and dandy at the house. Fast-forward to lunchtime... I walk in the door to find on of my SDA2's knocked over, laying on its face. Unfortunately, both cats greeted me at the door, with no apparent injuries.

How in the hell did they do that? Little ****.

The speaker appears to be okay. One of the tweeters pulled out a bit at one corner, so that screw hole is pretty much stripped out. But all the drivers still play well, including the two original mids, which I was expecting to find locked up. Apparently since it hit flat on it's face, they just absorbed the impact. If it happens again... the cats are gone.
Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited July 2008
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2008
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited July 2008
    Cats are not allowed in my house... ever. Glad your speaker's ok though.
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited July 2008
    can you say escape attempt
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited July 2008
    thats cats man, you knew the deal! :p

    my cats have had moments making me want to kill them, knocking over an sda though, **** man, something REALLY wierd must have hapenned.

    take solace you will never have to worry about mice and rats and stuff, I do. I got 4 cats and never had any wierd issues with mice and whatnot. a mouse would have to be nuts to come into my house with 4 cats. they smell cats LONG before they get to your house.

    now, when 2 of my cats caused 3-400 dollars in damage to my Carver Platinums, yes, I wanted to strangle the little f%^kers.

    cat ownership has its ups and downs. it just is what it is....you just had a down. roll with it ;)
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2008
    Thankfully the speakers are ok. Only fish for pets here.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2008
    dang.. you got some big **** bruiser cats in your house... i'd sleep with one eye open from now on if I were you :p


    glad your SDA 2's are ok :)
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  • etwigs34
    etwigs34 Posts: 136
    edited July 2008
    ya i don't know why cats love to knock your crap over! My cat broke one of my nice shot glasses cause i left it on the counter......at first i thought it was an accident, but the next day i left a plastic one on the middle of the counter and as soon as i walked out the kitchen the little punk just knocked it off with his paw! Cats are weird!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited July 2008
    janmike wrote: »
    Th Only fish for pets here.

    uhhh, the frozen fish in the igloo dont qualify as pets.

    damm, bad little **** cats, maybe they were pissed the tunes were not playing.

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  • demaples
    demaples Posts: 266
    edited July 2008
    Mine knocked one of my surrounds over once but no damage. Hasn't bothered it since, probably scared the crap outta him. Now the yellow labs tail is a disaster waiting to happen.

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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited July 2008
    Love my cats i havent had my stuff knocked over just my fathers bose 3-2-1's i wish they had broke but they survived.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2008
    My cats, just like my boys, got the picture, REAL DAMN quick. I've had no issues with my electronics. Of course, no front claws.
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  • SlowcarIX
    SlowcarIX Posts: 887
    edited July 2008
    there were a few close calls when i had LSi15s...

    now with the LSi9, i make sure the anticat devices is always on. so far...the LSi9s are still in 1 piece...

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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    dang.. you got some big **** bruiser cats in your house... i'd sleep with one eye open from now on if I were you :p


    glad your SDA 2's are ok :)

    The cats really aren't that big... which is why I can't understand how they knocked a freakin' SDA2 over! My guess is that one of them was napping on the window sill behind the speaker, and the other attacked it and they started fighting, somehow knocking it over. Beats me, but I might have to install a camera to watch my gear!
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2008
    I'd say either the speakers or the cats need to be secured to the floor.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2008
    George Grand wrote: »
    I'd say either the speakers or the cats need to be secured to the floor.

    Maybe this would be a good reason to fashion a "bass brace" for the 2's? I don't think they really need it, and I hate to tie them to one spot, but it certainly would prevent this from occurring again.
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited July 2008
    Make sure you have something fairly large on each speaker like a bowl, vase or even a big box of kleenex. My cat doesn't seem to jump on anything that doesn't have a nice runway to land on :D
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2008
    There was a picture sitting on top of this speaker, which ended up flung halfway across the room. They've knocked just the picture over on a few occasions, so apparently it isn't much of a deterrant...
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • SlowcarIX
    SlowcarIX Posts: 887
    edited July 2008
    try this too...you can get it at home depot. the spikes gets in between cats paws, and it will make them think twice before jumping on something

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2008
    Have you tried a picture of a big dog?
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited July 2008
    lag bolts ;)
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited July 2008
    I had a problem with one of my cats that would get on the counters, knock **** off, **** on the floor, was psychotic, chased the other cats, etc. I spent $400 on him in the last year and had finally had enough of it one day when I got home and the "test cup" on the kitchen counter was knocked over. Opened the door, he went outside, problems all resolved themselves. The other cats were smart enough to learn what not do do in the 5 to 10 years I've had them. Since then, nothing has been broken, knocked off, pooped on, etc, etc in the last few weeks of his absence. I hated that little **** since last July when I "rescued" him plus I heard numerous times that orange tabby cats are psychotic little devil monsters.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2008
    Yeah, this one is a rescued cat, too... it may just mysteriously disappear at some point.

    I should say, the one that I think is doing it, anyway....
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited July 2008
    There's a reason a friend calls them "Randomly Activated Pop-up Targets."

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2008
    Cats are people too...
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited July 2008
    "Buzz kill alert":eek:












    we just lost our new family friend last night to the outside dogs. A sweet little thing that ran around the house and made no tapping foot safe for about 4 weeks. Don't know how she got out but we sure miss her.



    Allright carry on with the fun:o
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2008
    Use Mouse Traps as many as needed. ;)

    I plead the fifth, but a picture can be added.

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,840
    edited July 2008
    nadams wrote: »
    When I left this morning, everything was just fine and dandy at the house. Fast-forward to lunchtime... I walk in the door to find on of my SDA2's knocked over, laying on its face. Unfortunately, both cats greeted me at the door, with no apparent injuries.

    How in the hell did they do that? Little ****.

    The speaker appears to be okay. One of the tweeters pulled out a bit at one corner, so that screw hole is pretty much stripped out. But all the drivers still play well, including the two original mids, which I was expecting to find locked up. Apparently since it hit flat on it's face, they just absorbed the impact. If it happens again... the cats are gone.


    Well, it's obvious what happened.

    While you were gone, a burglar broke in, started to lug one of your SDA's towards the door and, while ignoring their own personal safety, your cats threw themselves into harms way in order to scare off the bad guy and save your SDA's !!

    And what thanks do they get ?!


    :)






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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited July 2008
    my 2 cats seem to know, we don't play there.;) it took some training though. the older of the 2 has all her weapons. the younger one (stoopid) lost the fronts. early on, i started to worry about my grills. i nipped that in the bud early.:D
    cats love to have fun. they just have to learn that it wont be fun to have fun near my man-toys.:cool:
    one of your beasts must have fell between the wall and the spkr and then did the kitty panic-kick!:eek:
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2008
    Here's some recent pictures of the two evil kitties-

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    Don't mind the mess... they dont' seem to.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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