1) Most cats would rather scratch a sissal scratching post and one near enough the speakers will get used preferentially.
2) Most cats will avoid things that get them sprayed with a water bottle (while they're actually in the process of doing something undesirable).
3) Grill cloth doesn't cost a lot of money to replace if somehow that fails.
I had 6-7 years of overlap between having my cat (and my sister's cat when she moved in) and speakers with grills without issue.
2) Most cats will avoid things that get them sprayed with a water bottle (while they're actually in the process of doing something undesirable).
3) Grill cloth doesn't cost a lot of money to replace if somehow that fails.
I had 6-7 years of overlap between having my cat (and my sister's cat when she moved in) and speakers with grills without issue.