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Post by Ex_Vintage on Jan 8, 2019 22:18:54 GMT -5
Do you use the grills that came with your speakers?
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Post by adaboy on Jan 8, 2019 22:25:48 GMT -5
I own three pair of tekton speakers in which one came without grills. The one that did my son pushed the dust cap in  luckily I was able to use a vacuum and pull it out; I've left them on ever since. The rest of my collection all have grills and I leave them on with the rare occasion that I either just want to see them in action or I'm showing them off. |
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Post by Ex_Vintage on Jan 8, 2019 22:31:15 GMT -5
Back in the day, one day I came home from work to find my 3 year old daughter sitting in front of my JBL L36 speakers with the grills off and, yes she had completely picked all of the surround foam off of the woofer. The cone hanging there by the voice coil, I almost cried. I took the speakers to an authorized JBL repair center and the guy there told me she did me a favor, because the speakers were 12 years old and that I would appreciate the rebuild when he was done. Now it grand-children who most likely carry the same genes...... I usually keep them on.
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Post by teaman on Jan 8, 2019 22:35:21 GMT -5
Some of my Klipsch speakers I just keep the grills on, nothing much to see anyways. I never really understood taking grills off anyways. When my kids were small all of the grills on, little prodding fingers loved to pop in and out on the pretty copper cones.
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Post by creimes on Jan 8, 2019 22:47:48 GMT -5
My LCR Chane towers reside behind my AT screen so the grills are off  |
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Post by 26gary26 on Jan 8, 2019 23:02:37 GMT -5
Grills Off ! Kids are gone and grown up. Due to past posts I won't dare say I heard a difference. LOL !
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Post by siggie on Jan 9, 2019 0:00:24 GMT -5
Cats prefer grills-on.
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Post by Casey Leedom on Jan 9, 2019 0:36:17 GMT -5
If I’m doing “Critical Listening” I take them off of my Legacy Audio Focus SEs. It makes a disturbingly large difference in the high end. I would have hoped that they’d be more accosictally transparent, but they’re not ...
Casey
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Post by Boomzilla on Jan 9, 2019 0:45:39 GMT -5
Depends on the speaker. Some (most?) speakers, the grills are "after-thoughts," and interfere with the imaging. But some speakers (my Thiel CS-1.6 speakers, for example) were "voiced" by the manufacturer with the grills in place, and are intended to be used with their grills. So I'd say that unless my grandson is visiting or I'm using the Thiels, the grills are normally off.
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Post by RichGuy on Jan 9, 2019 0:56:20 GMT -5
My mains I always leave the grills off, for music it just seems a slight improvement in detail and imaging. My center and surrounds I leave the grills on.
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Post by creimes on Jan 9, 2019 1:19:25 GMT -5
If I’m doing “Critical Listening” I take them off of my Legacy Audio Focus SEs. It makes a disturbingly large difference in the high end. I would have hoped that they’d be more accosictally transparent, but they’re not ... Casey This is one reason I find Dirac a major improvement in my setup as my three towers sit behind my AT screen |
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Post by foggy1956 on Jan 9, 2019 6:45:49 GMT -5
My son's ears are younger and much more discerning than mine, listened to my Tekton's with grills on and off and noticed a difference in clarity with grills removed so they stay off. Dirac is good but the Tekton's still sound cleaner sans grills. IMHO
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Post by wilburthegoose on Jan 9, 2019 8:06:38 GMT -5
I have Paradigm speakers, and they recommend the grills on.
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Post by 405x5 on Jan 9, 2019 8:19:28 GMT -5
Do you use the grills that came with your speakers? I keep The grilles on to keep the dust out of the drivers. Sort of a shame because the systems are uniquely beautiful and all of The midrange and tweeters have their own individual metal protective screens to protect the domes. Additionally, the woofers have ABS type material screens to afford a level of protection. Bill |
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Post by brubacca on Jan 9, 2019 8:49:24 GMT -5
Grills on. Little kids and WAF...
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Post by selind40 on Jan 9, 2019 8:58:00 GMT -5
New to the Emotiva audio game, bought used Emotiva ERT8.3's...to me they sound good either way, they replaced Klipsch KSF 10.5's. Bought a like new ERC-3 Gen2 the other day, lady asked me if I'd be interested in a "free" speaker her Ex left behind ( like the ERC-3)....I said sure. It was a Revel F-208 Performa3, which I never heard of....it had a crack on the back side of the speaker enclosure but when I hooked it up sounded better than the ERT 8.3.....BTW it looks awesome without the grill ( took me awhile to get to the main point).
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Post by copperpipe on Jan 9, 2019 9:10:22 GMT -5
Depends on what beauty there is under the grills. With Kef R300 (and the Paradigm Monitor series I owned before that), the grills can stay off. If they look anything like Tekton where you see ugly bolts and screws and something that looks like it was built in my shed out back, then I would prefer grills.
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Post by mountain on Jan 9, 2019 9:32:39 GMT -5
Socks on. 🍺 😁.
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Post by davidl81 on Jan 9, 2019 10:08:59 GMT -5
Grills on. I have a six year old and a three year old. I would not have in tact speakers if I did not use the grills, lol.
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Post by mshump on Jan 9, 2019 10:24:35 GMT -5
Grills on, I have very curious Grandsons.
Mark
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luckily I was able to use a vacuum and pull it out; I've left them on ever since. The rest of my collection all have grills and I leave them on with the rare occasion that I either just want to see them in action or I'm showing them off.
