This is no joke.

I've heard that nailing a pair of cats to the top of the speakers works quite well, but use the small finishing nails rather than 3.5" spiral ardox (don't ask, but it gets messy). Persian or Himalayans work best due to the extra damping. They do augment the sound in an 'active' sense for the first few days but after that it's pure damping but should also be cryo-treated for a lasting effect.

I hope it's Pammy in person.....

sounds like he's talking about Pammy's two bald friends now.....

Absurd humour has existed for centuries - how long have you three been around? What really gets my goat is the hypocrite who has Fluffy and Tinkerbell de-clawed so they dont rake the precious speaker grills. BTW what sort of physical- or behaviour-modification is required to get cats to 'respect' speaker grills?

why dont you just a) answer the question and b) confirm you haven't declawed (mutilated and tortured) your cats?
If you think I'm being funny now I'm not. I have more compassion for animals, cats included, than most, likely you as well. and yes, this, is no joke.

I have 2 pair of beaks on my Forests. Bought 'em used (of course) for less than half of list so I wasn't really disappointed that they really dont affect the sound at all. Moreover I was disappointed to find out they were actually machined metal.....

Man, ya gotta be really obvious to get a rise around here, eh?

Personally, I dont think they do anything at all other than look weird. (My wife hates them, but she wont let me have a cat so I'm punishing her).

The sand bags may change the sound but not necessarily for the better. A lot of speakers are designed to have 'live' sounding cabinets and it's one reason why mdf is used less than plywood in speaker cabinet making.

I have mass-loaded my cabinets though with 12.5 pounds of lead in each. I think the change was very modest, not really noticeable to me (tin ear maybe).

quote: "sadistic-freak-serial killer to be"

Boy, I'm now really regretting injecting my off-colour 'levity' into this topic of discussion. I would never be unkind to animals and I do particularly like cats (not so much dogs and some of their owners). Therefore I issue my apology to all those sensitive to that post. Let's hope we don't feel the need to talk about abuse or use language such as the quote any further.

You might have just got yourself added to dekay's list.....

Sorry, Frogs are actually endangered, although I see more and more as I'm trolling swamps for otters. MMM, fresh otter. Almost as yummy as sweet and sour cat.

Get some beaks, she'll really like them......
Bud light lime is the new cats joke.

I just kept getting a Tide commercial, but I gather I didn't miss much....

Suddenly, this is in danger of becoming a fetish forum.