OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level!

I am chill, as I said ,this is basic knowledge with audiophiles.  Just because a speaker is voiced with the grills on means absolutely nothing to you or me.  That means absolutely nothing. I know a ton of speakers that are all meant to always be played with the grills on. But by tweaking a system properly, the sound will ALWAYS sound more open and transparent with the grills off.  I personally wouldn’t bother with placement of on and off with the grills as this may eventually damages the connectors that hold the grills in place. A little bit of dust on the drivers will not damage them and a slight dusting does fix that concern. Straight to the point- you want the best sound from your system?  Tweak it well, leave the grills off.  The ground you have yet to step on my friend, I have walked long time ago. 

Focal must be really bad at designing speakers if the grills make that big of a difference.

@audiorusty thats the best comment yet. Ya'll must have some Shi**ty grills if it sounds so much better with them off. I like to drool over the looks of my drivers too but I also like to protect the drivers, keep bugs out of the ports, kids hands out & dust off drivers.

My Focal Electra 1038's are the same and do sound better with the grills off but present a problem as they are tricky to put back on especially after a glass or seven of listening enhancer.

In the Revel Salon 2 manual it says to remove the grills when doing "critical listening". They do sound different on vs. off, but i leave them on usually, since my room is bright, and my cat is crazy....