Dog pissed on speaker

Dog piss will be the new audiophile snake oil money pit. You may be on to something.

kmmd, fantastic reply!! You made my day, guy!!!

At least the dog did not pee on the Dude's rug. If there is an odor, I would replace the driver. And they make products with a smell that deters dogs from approaching.

The product pet peed has been amazing on carpet. It should work on paper too. It is enzyme based and has removed all stains and smells for us.

Tie a rubber band on it. If under warranty Klipsch is pretty good they will usually send you a new woof. PS leave out your dogs connection to all this. 

I use Zero Odor (blue and white bottle), available on Amazon.  It gets rid of the odor and breaks down the urine.  Works like a charm around the house for cat urine, much better than Nature's Miracle, which does nothing.  Well it does something . . . it is enormously profitable to make and sell.  Masterful marketing.  What Zero will do to a paper cone driver . . .? No idea, but a light touch might be a good place to start.

More important, did you notice any improvement in the soundstage?  Was the speaker more resolving?

Look at it this way..., you improved speakers now have a "whizzer" cone whereas before they didn't.

@miltonpyron 

You might want to open up the speaker and spray Pooph on both sides of the driver and maybe the inside of the box. If something like Pooph or the like don’t get the smell out, it’s a new speaker with readily available drivers. 
 

All the best.

@thecarpathian 

“Wizzer cone”

Now that was funny!

I have no suggestions but just want to express my gratitude for the resonant thread title.

It's all your fault. If you had trained your dog to appreciate
music, as I have, you wouldn't have had that problem:

https://www.theaudioatticvinylsundays.com/

Ozone generators I believe work well on lingering bad odors.

Actually the suggestion of taking the driver out and putting it outside in sunlight is not bad, it would help break down the urine, albeit it might also help break down the cone. Ozone generator similar idea but it's an open question about how good of an idea that is in your house.  

But if it were my speaker, I'd replace the driver. The thought would drive me nuts regardless of the actual impact or lack thereof. 

Jeez, just replace the driver. Quick search showed OEM driver is under 150 $. I wouldn't think twice.

Only one person suggest an ozone generator.  Least likely to damage the components. That would eventually break down the uric acid, urea, and other nittrogenous compounds generating the ammoniacal smell after bacteria and enzyme exposure. UV light (germicidal) might work, but don't expose paper to it (no speaker cones) only the box.

Maddening, isn't it. Flipping cats(four)and dogs(three)like to go in the front room where I have my ping pong table. 

Seriously here's what you need to do. Get a bowl of warm water and add a tablespoon of Arm & Hammer baking soda, stir it good then dampen a cloth with this solution, ring it out then gently wipe the area where the pee is. This will neutralize the pee (ammonia). The wipe again with clean water. Don't over do it.

Maybe your dog can hear better than you and he is trying to tell you something - get rid of the speakers. 

A bit fussy to do, but an electric varmint fence unit plus a moist pad he'd have to stand on to pee would be a very real disincentive.  Next time, a small female dog might be a better choice.

The easy way would be to get a couple of 'scat mats' from Amazon and put them in front of the speakers. They come in two forms - one just makes loud shrill noises if an animal steps on them and the other actually delivers a shock to them.

Search "electric no pee mat for dog" on amazon

I literally laughed out loud when I opened up the recent discussions email and first thing I read was this thread title. 😂 

I have no recommendadtions but I appreciate the humor. Sorry to laugh while you are in pain, OP.

Get, and, only play, A Salty Dog, by Procul Harum. My best advice.

Your speakers will by a whiter shade of pale...

No need to tell you, he ain't nuttin but a hhoownd dog!

Dog piss takes a least 300 hours to break in,

Man, that's too bad.  I don't watch SNL anymore, however, your story immediately reminded me of a classic Will Ferrell skit called Dissin' your dog....

https://youtu.be/MI6Jmgb04lU

Get electostatics.  See if the charge goes to ground (the dog) and see if he's interested in coming back after that.

Probably listening to Taylor Swift type music or Satanic Rap

I need to start reviewing records and other things via that method.... 

1 replace the driver

Buy an ozone generator sir cleaner this eilldisipTe the smell over time

Thee are electrified mats you can put under the speakers or assemble an infant gate around the loudspeakers

@trevanian that's good dog psychology.  A dog or cat won't piss or Schiit where they eat. Use the animal's instincts for your benefit. Good idea. 

To break your dog from doing it again put his food bowl in front he will stop.

Just one more reason I do not like animals in the house....I have to put up with wife's cat who likes to sleep on my amp(s). He also likes to use everything as his scratching post, even though he has an actual scratching post. I must keep my speaker grills covered in card board. What a PIA....

I’d put the speaker in the sun for a few hours and out in the fresh air on a low humidity day. You could cover the wood with a blanket if you want to make sure the finish isn't somehow changed by the sun. If that doesn’t do the trick to rid it of the smell, then as others have noted, it may be time to replace the driver and call it a day. Be sure to "break in" the new driver for a few hours to get it to sound matched to your other one.

Then again, if you are going to all the trouble, maybe take a look at the crossover components used inside BOTH speakers and contemplate an upgrade if it makes sense. At least you are lucky and should be able to get a replacement driver from Klipsch since these can’t be very old.

As I’ve noted before on this forum, a friend of mine had kittens that were doing a number to the grilles on his then new ESS Heil Air Transformer speakers.

His "fix" was to make some nice frames from chicken wire, spray painted them black, and affixed them to nicely stained wooden frames at the bottom that matched the finish closely of his speakers. They worked well and didn’t seem to affect sound quality at all. In fact, they looked pretty cool and kept any small visitor children and curious, but clueless adults from touching his speakers.

Good luck. Dogs are cool and can be taught. Perhaps an obedience class is in order to make your (and the dog’s) life better in the long run.

"Urine good hands here."

We have a winner!

……well if he is “‘ marking his territory “‘ if you find him humping the speaker I would then get really worried. Where do you think the Wilson Pups came fro

 ? 

Lots of practical advice from from seasoned audiophiles.

Urine good hands here.

Find out what music the dog prefers?  

Laughing...

I think you should pee on the dogs Amplifier. JK. Natures Miracle is the easiest over the counter. It does not prevent the animal from smelling it just humans. If you can try buying a really fine mist spray head/ bottle. You are going to want to do multiple applications and do not try to dry it up faster. It only works in wet form so time is your friend. Unplug the speaker cable from the wire. Also, try to make sure you cover the affected areas. So leave the speaker upright so the liquid follows the path of the urine. 25 years owning my own carpet and upholstery business. There are stronger products but you probably can not get them. I hope this helped. 

Dogs can hear well above the gentle 20kHz rolloff of the Klipsch horn tweeter.  Perhaps the dog would prefer something with an AMT style tweeter than can dellver well beyond 20kHz.  

This is a form of protest IMHO.  I'm wagering that the dog was a small breed and could only hike his leg as high as the woofer.  Otherwise, he would have "marked" the horns.

Just for the record, did it improve the sound? Esp. the woofer.

Lot of comedians here, but entertaining responses.

I think the 12" drivers might be somewhat inexpensive, especially if you don't buy them from Klipsch. 

I had cats that used the exposed spines of my record collection as a scratching post. Bad kittys! Poor album covers!

I had a dog who successively ate two pairs of Etymotic research in ear 'phones.

Sympathy to the OP.

I've had speakers I felt like doing that to 😉

@thecarpathian , the post about not living in a dogs bathroom means train your dog so that it knows better than to piss in your house. For me, people that have pets that are allowed to grow up like a weed are pets I don't want to be around. Not only did our dogs never piss in the house, they also never pissed on anything in the flower beds or garden, nor the car wheels.

I was looking to buy a pair of Martin Logans used…this was a long time ago. Found a local guy who was selling a pair of SL3s. So I arrive and when I walk in I see a couple of bird cages. Speakers are in the next room so we proceed…and there are two large parrots, who, let’s just say, repurposed the electrostatic panels as their toilets. The panels are literally covered in bird 💩 

What’s funny is the dude didn’t even flinch. I thanked him for his time and left.

Klipsch speakers are known to be a bit bright.  Given a dogs high frequency acuity, maybe he was truly pissed off and sought some measure of revenge.

Absolutely, i wager that the OP's dog is a sophisticated hifi connoisseur.

That’s an audiophile dog perhaps! 😁 Did he piss only on the Klipsch, thereby, conveying his disapproval? Or does he piss on other higher fidelity speakers as well? Maybe, he only pisses on speakers that don’t sound very good.