Any tricks to keep cats away from speaker grills?

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?sku=SI478GRY

Pet Peeve Ultrasonic Trainer
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$39.95

Keep pets off furniture — even when you're not at home!

Record a command to your pet ("Off the chair, Rover!") up to 10 seconds long.
If your pet jumps on furniture, a motion/vibration sensor is triggered.
Sensor causes playback of your command and a safe ultrasonic alert.
Features adjustable sensor sensitivity and ultrasonic alert-only option.

Of course, this is assuming that your cats actually LISTEN to you :-)

The water bottle works wonders. You just have to be consistent and get them each time they go near it.

Best of luck,
Angela

Some people cryogenically treat their cables. Try it with the cat, and I guarantee you won't have the problem again.

My tactic is a dedicated room with a shut door. I ended up conditioning them to never enter that room (different color carpet). So in case I do leave the open, they usually stay out.

And they know I mean business too. I lost several cone surrounds and an entire subwoofer but trying the "leave the grills off" tactic. I even caught one of them "trying to mark his territory" on my left speaker. I got both of them "fixed" and de-clawed the next day. Pretty much from that day forward those cats *knew* who was in charge. And they've been angels ever since. ;-)

In the cats' I scrubbed the speaker down and moved the system over to my brother's place. Then I eventually said up said dedicated listening room. No problems anymore...

aj: as i read the ad from sharper image, you'd need one of them there pet peeves for EVERY piece of furniture from which you wish to ban your cat. that's a lot of $$ to spend on a device that replicates commands a cat wouldn't respond to if delivered in person. i think you can buy a gross of mouse traps for the price of a single pet peeve. and i KNOW cats respond to a mouse traps, even if you're not around. :o) -k

I love cats.I have four of them. They are not allowed in my listening room unless I am there. 2001impala's idea works great with my beasts. I am at the point I don't even have to spray them. When they see me pick up my squirt gun, they run. Very effective. They seem to enjoy my music very much. I have one that runs from the room when Dylan plays his harmonica.