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
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Showing 8 responses by isochronism

Bob is correct in that a cat or dog that has always been clean, has accidents when old, REALLY feel bad and don't understand. Any scolding at all is NOT called for! CLM, cats live's matter. All 9.
Cats are attracted to spinning turntables. Particularly if the record has a slight warp. They'd love to bat the tonearm around!
I thought everyone find's their way here from the Love of music. Music Lover's have a good heart. Obviously not this above guy! Please make your sixth post your last post. 😼
In whatjd's thread "what are the most used terms in high end" avsjerry offered "liquid". Your cat just desired that liquid sound. 😺. Sorry, I couldn't resist.