garyh@iddic.UUCP (Gary Hanson) (05/02/85)
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I've found my cat (calico shorthair) to be fairly sensitive to good
quality sound. She'll often come into the room to listen if the record is
good enough. She especially likes Reference Recordings, and isn't fazed by
the bass drum in the Symphonie Fantastique. On the other hand, she doesn't
like digital at all. (Smarter than some humans, obviously.) The cat
tolerates rock, and even punk sometimes. She seems to like sound effects; she'll
look around the room for the sound sources in things like certain Monty Python
and Firesign Theatre albums, also recurrent cymbal crashes or wire brush on
cymbals. The best reaction I've ever observed was in the opening to the song
'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' on the Klaatu album. The song opens
with the sounds of some people stomping through a field of dry grass, with
twigs snapping, etc. The cat really freaked out on that one; she was looking all
around to try to figure out what was going on.
My dog was never a good judge of sound quality, but she didn't really like
the sound too loud (the cat doesn't seem to care too much about the volume.)
Oh yes, finally, my cat does not have any say in my purchase decisions.
Gary Hanson Tektronix IDG ...!tektronix!iddic!garyhchan@hpfcma.UUCP (chan) (05/14/85)
The song "Seamus" on Pink Floyd's Meddle album really flipped my cat out. She was running all over the house trying to find the dog that was barking. -- Chan Benson