2. speakers
  3. 1293485778

Grilles or No Grilles

I've always found that 'no grilles' leads to a more accurate listening experience. I've had many different speakers using many different grille cloth and components and always, no grilles works better for me. Often many of my friends find that a WAF means grilles on. What do you think?
buconero117
blkadr
739 posts
 
....or maybe manufacturers provide the grills for aesthetics, so the drivers don't stare at you when you're not doing "serious listening" and better integrate with room decor........it's marketing.
tholt
551 posts
 

Ah yes, one of my favorite standards from the 40's.

"Grille Of My Dreams".
Audiofeil (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

Damn, you're old.
bgeofft-duplicate-0
174 posts
 
Kr4 - If the speaker was designed and voiced with the grille cloth on, then it will only be able to perform as intended with the grille cloth on.

Indeed. Example Harbeth - grills on.
kr4's avatar
kr4
3,696 posts
 
Airegin: I fully agree and that is the point I was trying to make in my first post.

Kal
tholt
551 posts
 
I started a thread elsewhere re: re-grilling speaker grills. My issue is that, while my current speakers sound better sans-grills, IMO, they are butt-ugly without them (Hyperion 938). So I ended up buying some very acoustically transparent grill cloth from Meniscus Audio and had an auto upholstery shop re-grill them. Win-win.

In general however, all speakers I've owned, including my current ones, sound better without grills.
More to discover