My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions.


(Public service announcement-keep your pets away from your audio equipment)

I love my cat. But not as much as I once did :-)
The short story is cat pee corroded the main board to my ARC REF 5SE. 

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover repair or replacement because owning a pet means you assume liability/responsibility. Ironically, or strangely enough, If my neighbor's cat or dog did this, I could collect.

My options-
Repair it. Fixing it will cost 7K. The main board alone is 6K.
Buy a pre-owned replacement at close to similar price. And if I go pre-owned, what's the market on a REF 5SE with a destroyed main board.
Go in a different direction.

What would you do?

TIA,
David
wharfy

Showing 1 response by asvjerry

If your cats' urine was acid enough to etch a circut board, your cat had an issue....and likely needed a vet visit...or....
-Litter box needed a cleaning....if you got hung up in traffic, that's one if  it was used to 'regular maintainence' with its' box....
-Expression of 'discontent', if it was used to your appearance at the 'regular interval' ( they're as bad as dogs in that respect...).
-Possesion jealousy...if you gave your pre more attention that it, they're known to pick your fav object....esp. if they're not feeling good or pissed at you for neglect for some reason.

If your pre getting doused, or anything else for that matter, was unusual...you were getting a message....an expensive one in your case.

Spouse and I have had a number of cats over our decades...the worst one did was claw lp spines.  They are trainable to some degree, but you have to start with the kitten....the kitten you raise is going to be the cat you have.