Grills ON or Grills OFF?

IMO it depends on the speakers first; and to lesser mesurable effect, the gear driivng them.

I used to have Totem Forests and Arros (even bi-amped) .... taking the speaker grilles off was strongly preferred.

Now with a new premium integrated amp and cdp (REGA Osiris and Rega ISIS valve) married up to my new REGA R9 speakers, leaving the speaker grills on has no effect and you get the dust et al protection to boot.

Without; I could see how attenuating the high might be a benefit in some cases but I can't see how the grills could improve imaging. As to disappearing; well , with the grills you can't see the drivers so I guess you could say they "disappeared".

Just about always grills off.

Taylor
www.goldprintaudio.com

Infinity RS1b-off

Never heard speakers that sound better with grills on.