Inexpensive tweak


Just got back from a business trip to find that our cat had thrown up on my Audible Illusions preamp (unfortunately vented on top). Everything was dried up. Haven't looked inside yet. Not sure how to clean a circuit board. But I've noticed that my system is more revealing than before. I won't share details of exactly where on the preamp my cat got sick because I might want to try to market this tweak sometime in the future. :-)
rockyboy
I have given this some thought. There are a number of issues here. But, let’s focus on marketability first, and then the social and legal matters. The only way to really make this marketable is to plastic bag it and then place that in a nicely finished wooden box and sell it as an ALL NATURAL anti-dampening device that sits on top of your equipment. You can match the wood finish to the customer's speakers (at an upcharge of course). Your cat was clearly heading in the right direction but did not have access to the necessary materials, possibly even needed parental guidance, to finish the job correctly. You should be ashamed of yourself for depriving said cat of its necessary enrichment needs. DCS (Departmnet of Cat Services..get it?) may want to speak with you. To avoid potentially devastating legal and financial considerations, I now hope you at least agree to pay it 10% of the profits as a royalty for inventing this "all natural" anti-dampening device.
thank you for all this creative cat tweak,sometimes
audiophile need this type of thread i enjoyed greatly,
Since I have seen people eating cats, and dogs, from
the Orient, how about eating dog and al la cat delicasies
just like having one coctail before listening.Rockyboy
your cat is suffering from involuntary protein spill,
we cant market that cellover,we cant market dog meat
and cat either, we are not allowed to do that.How about
the pillow that the cat sleep on, put it on the back of
the speaker?
Alruhl, I believe urine is a base, not an acid. The best counteractant for cat piss accidents is white vinegar (acetic acid) - it cancels the ammonia smell (tossed cookies are another matter entirely). Wouldn't recommend someone go slathering it on their circuit boards, though. One question for you guys having these problems - where in the hell are you displaying your gear? On the floor? I've had cats my whole life, and the only place they ever perform the technicolor yawn is on the ground. (BTW, how many of you have ever tried to come up with your own euphamisms for vomiting? Back in high school, this activity [the naming, not the vomiting] became something of an obsession in my crowd - the best candidate I ever coined was 'inspecting the shrubbery', to be used at parties, as in "Hey! Where'd Zaikesman go?" "Uh, I think he's outside inspecting the shrubbery!" Good times.)