A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair.

I agree that a grill can solve the looks of the speaker. No one ever criticized Vandersteen speakers for their look and no one ever wanted to remove the grills either. 

I also vehemently disagree with @immatthewj about his weird ways of listening to music that he wants to enforce on all of us 

in a Santa suit, wrapped in tinfoil, in the dark basement of a Burmeister dealer in a state called Canada, stuffed inside a reindeer

(I was trying to find this exact quote from him, now the internet will remember it forever)  

Aric if your speakers do really sound good according to your post? And I do believe you. If you can make them more nicer , audiophile will pay.Most audiophile value aesthetics, and married.Marry Christmas to you and your families .

If you give it a try, @grislybutter , you will never want to listen to your Sims gear any other way.

@immatthewj if you give it a try, you can also put on an ugly Christmas sweater and design pretty speakers. (Not me, I tried)

Function over form any day.  +1 @decooney .

@grislybutter , I am giving your idea some deep thought.  Very DEEP.