Cat jumped on turntable

Yeah - I've bought albums with clawed covers before (always at a discount, of course). It only annoys me when it the little blighters have scratched off the printing so I can't tell what they are without pulling them.

Frankly, kids and animals have no place in a listening room, but I suppose if you have a modern open floor plan house you are stuck unless you can lock them away when the gear is being used.

I had one couple visit with their young children and the kids headed for the stereo gear. I asked the father for the name of his insurance agent and when I said that if they let the kids at my gear and one of the damaged my cartridge, I need to know who would be paying as it wouldn't be me. He asked how much it was worth and I told him (several thousand) and he immediately rounded up the children and left pretty quickly after that. Amazing how parents today seem to think that whatever their brats do is somehow blameless and no one is accountable.

Dynavector has a re-build service  for Karat as long as it was purchased from an authorized dealer.  Check with a Dynavector dealer. The rebuild includes tip, cantilever and suspension.  

Hope it works out for you.A few years back I had drifted off in the chair after a late evening of house shattering volume and the odd beverage, with the Rega 3 gently making put-put sounds as the needle moved over the end of an LP. One of our kittens then climbed the rack and stepped on the turntable knocking the arm over the side resulting in a massively loud bang bang bang propelling me three foot up in the air and stage 1 heart failure.

Cats - working hard to make digital better than vinyl every day.

Now I understand why the "no pets, no kids, no tobacco" disclaimer is so important!