Replacement grill cloth 1.2TL

tugboat
tugboat Posts: 393
edited March 2008 in Vintage Speakers
I'm in need of replacing the grill cloth on my speakers and would appreciate some input. I'm looking at going to brown cloth and found a couple places that carry it, but they either don't state the transparency info or have it as almost 100% acoustically transparent. Is there such a thing as 100% acoustically transparent? Is the cloth on my 1.2TLs 100%? <== Stupid questions....antyhing in front of the speakers will interfere with airflow. Sometimes I just don't think. :) But you get what I mean, right?

I was looking at this site:

http://www.speakerworks.com/speaker_grill_cloth_fabric_s/25.htm

Thanks!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited March 2008
    Parts Express sells nice grill cloth. Black should be the only color you consider.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    Parts Express sells nice grill cloth. Black should be the only color you consider.

    2nd vote for PE, and Black.
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  • tx_polkhead
    tx_polkhead Posts: 248
    edited March 2008
    I purchased 'speaker cloth' at my local fabric store, it was pretty cheep, like 7 bucks a yard, I wish I could remember the width, it must have been 48" rather than the standard 36" cause I recovered 2 Monitor 7's with just 1/2 a yard. As for transparency I guess it gets more and more transparent the tighter you stretch it. The bolt was labeled 'speaker fabric 100% transparent' but I'm with you anything you put in front of the drivers is going to have some effect.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2008
    Bump on tx_polkhead idea. I also have speaker grill fabric at my local fabric store.
    Jake
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  • Marty913
    Marty913 Posts: 760
    edited March 2008
    tx_polkhead wrote: »
    I purchased 'speaker cloth' at my local fabric store, it was pretty cheep, like 7 bucks a yard, I wish I could remember the width, it must have been 48" rather than the standard 36" cause I recovered 2 Monitor 7's with just 1/2 a yard. As for transparency I guess it gets more and more transparent the tighter you stretch it. The bolt was labeled 'speaker fabric 100% transparent' but I'm with you anything you put in front of the drivers is going to have some effect.
    zingo wrote: »
    Bump on tx_polkhead idea. I also have speaker grill fabric at my local fabric store.

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2008
    Marty913 wrote: »
    You guys aren't going all Martha Stewart on us, are you?

    Not that you know of...
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