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Want to remove grille from Soundbar but scared!

Hello,
 I have F&D T-180x soundbar (https//www.fendaaudio.com/t180x.html) connected to t.v via aux cable, it's been working fine but from a month ago I noticed very "disturbing shaking sound during high bass/frequency". I then opened it up and tested on laptop as much as I could,and it sounded good, I closed it & attached it again with tv, but after couple of days it again started to give disturbing noise with high frequencies ☹️ I now tried to remove its grille to check if it solves the issue and yes it did!! Soundbar is sounding even much better without grille. But I also came to know that Removing speaker's grille will shorten its life due to sensitive drivers exposed to dust? Please help! I don't know what to do!!! 😥

Thanx. 
mickey22
nosualc
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Removing speaker’s grille will shorten its life due to sensitive drivers exposed to dust
I wouldn’t worry about that. At all.

IMO the only thing the grilles really protect against is the curious fingers of toddlers and perhaps some protection from cats.

If you're content with how it "looks", and you don't have to worry about little kids, I wouldn't give it another thought.
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roxy54
8,203 posts
 
Nonsense. A bit of dust can be wiped off with a cloth and won't cause any harm. Dust will get in through the grill anyway.
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noromance
10,187 posts
 
Buy a can of compressed air to clean off dust. Do not aim directly at drivers.
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dekay
5,845 posts
 
Place a scarf over it, or add do-it-yourself Velcro fasteners to the original grill (as mentioned).

Not certain what your home is like, but we have open windows 9 months out of the year, furry pets and an extremely lame maid (me;-) and my exposed speakers/drivers have been OK over the past 20 years.

Some of my paper cone speakers/drivers are from the 1950's and 1960's.

I use some kind of soft fluffy (feather boa like) brush to dust them, but it doesn't have a name on it.

We originally purchased it to dust the blades on our ceiling fans.

DeKay
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