Take it off, girls!!!

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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited November 2008
    dee1949 wrote: »
    ...did you ever see the Meadowlark Kestrel design? The grille consist of just grille clothe that stretches over drivers and slips into a channel on the sides of the drivers mounting board....Wonder why more speakers aren't designed this way? No hard surfaces extending in front of drivers.

    Thiel uses a similar approach; cloth does have a frame, but when placed on the speaker it stretches over the baffle; they recommend to keep them on.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,031
    edited November 2008
    Tyler Acoustics Taylos 7u's - Naked
    Focal 807v's - dressed
    Polk SDA 1C's - dressed
    Polk RTi10's - dressed
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited November 2008
    nekkid as a jaybird!! .........and I'm not talkin' bout speakers either....put that picture in your head....;);)
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited November 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Are these the speakers you say you'll never change? Have you listened to muffled sound all these years? You should get out and see what's out there more often......:rolleyes: :D

    You speak as though the term, "muffled" is a bad thing. I must prefer it since my grills are back on.:)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited November 2008
    I always listen to my two channel with the grills off.
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  • speakergeek
    speakergeek Posts: 555
    edited November 2008
    Absolutely grilles off!:)
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,194
    edited February 2009
    Since this has been brought up in a different thread http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77978: I'm a "go nekkid" kinda guy (not me :eek:, the speakers).

    If the speakers look good covers off, then off they come. My current Polk RT speakers don't really look good enough IMO to go nekkid though. Too much boring old plastic IMO. Perhaps I would like something like the LSi9 covers off.

    Otherwise, kids present do factor in the equation: I'd rather have damaged grilles than pushed in domes on my drivers, or worse: damaged tweeters.

    Finally, some speakers may look just as good fully dressed (to my taste) if they have something less than a plain old boring grille. The Focal Chorus 700V and 800V lines come to mind. I'm sure there are others that are equally interesting to look at. The best of both worlds, I suppose.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited February 2009
    Mine are just topless.
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2009
    Same here my kids are too interested with whats going on behind the grilles, besides, my 10 year old has been known to shoot his airsoft gun in the house!
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited February 2009
    Grilles On (you're the one that's supposed to be naked to experience the sound bouncing off of your drivers) :eek:
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited February 2009
    Braddles wrote: »
    Kids up = grill on.

    Kids in bed = grills off.
    i had that going on for years. Now my grills come off when I want to sit and listen AND be all into my speakers. I enjoy looking at them. They really don't sound any different on or off. Maybe a little but not enough to get up if I'm already down.

    Dan
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2009
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Mine are just topless.

    That is just so wrong on so many levels Darla.:eek:

    Dan, I am not sure some the newer guys are ready to hear about what you do when your getting inside your speakers............;)

    RT1
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,194
    edited February 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    That is just so wrong on so many levels Darla.:eek: ...
    Oh ... I don't know that I would find anything wrong with that. I just have to figure out what she meant by it! Does it means tweeters nekkid, drivers clothed, or what ... ?
    mantis wrote: »
    ... not enough to get up if I'm already down ...
    Very funny. So, if you're already up, you get 'em off before you get down; but if you're already down, then there's no need to get up to get 'em off before you get down ... You must be very fit with all that upping and downing goin' on.
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited February 2009
    Makes no difference in the sound of my ALS Platinums, but the LSi9's do seem to sound better.
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2009
    Always, nekid; got no kids~
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    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2009
    I don't have an option . . . :(
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  • rengnath
    rengnath Posts: 118
    edited February 2009
    No grills is like no pants .... makes me feel like Im livin' on the wild side :)
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    Amps - B&K Components ST2140 (for mains) and Parasound HCA-1000A (bi-amping center)
    Mains - RT1000i Towers
    Center - CS400i
    Sub - BIC Acoustech PL200

    My neighbors listen to very good music, whether they like it or not :cheesygrin:
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited February 2009
    Grills off for Jazz-Grills on for Vocals:D
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited February 2009
    Braddles wrote: »
    Kids up = grill on.

    Kids in bed = grills off.

    nice stuff Braddles, but whos that dude sittin on the couch in the tv? lol
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited February 2009
    My grills stay on.

    The last time they were off, my boys used one of them as a ramp to climb onto the couch. :eek:

    They wouldn't touch the drivers either way. Apparently I needed to tell them to also not touch the grills.:rolleyes:
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  • john22614
    john22614 Posts: 214
    edited February 2009
    Probably in the minority here, but I like the simple clean look of the LSi9's with the grills on, and really can't hear the difference with them off.
    B&W 804s mains
    B&W HTM4 center
    Polk PSW 1000 sub
    Outlaw 990 Pre Amp
    Anthem MCA 30 Amp
    Monitor Radius 180 surrounds
    Audiosource Stereo Amp for surrounds
    Denon 2910 Universal DVD/SACD Player
    Comcast DVR
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  • Mike21
    Mike21 Posts: 252
    edited February 2009
    Nude. No kids, cats or wife. I like to look at the speakers.

    The only speakers I kept the grills on were a pair of 1989 Spica TC50s, but only becuase the Mnaual said to and they looked ugly naked.:eek:

    Mike21
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  • Mike21
    Mike21 Posts: 252
    edited February 2009
    Hey John.

    I went to law school in Sacramento ('74 - '77).

    Mike21
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  • john22614
    john22614 Posts: 214
    edited February 2009
    Hey Mike,

    Did you go to McGeorge?
    B&W 804s mains
    B&W HTM4 center
    Polk PSW 1000 sub
    Outlaw 990 Pre Amp
    Anthem MCA 30 Amp
    Monitor Radius 180 surrounds
    Audiosource Stereo Amp for surrounds
    Denon 2910 Universal DVD/SACD Player
    Comcast DVR
    Pioneer Elite 42" Plasma 940 HD
    Harmony Universal Remote
    Blue Jeans interconnects and biwires
    Itunes Air Express
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  • redneck2009
    redneck2009 Posts: 22
    edited February 2009
    Hey Braddles I looked into the TV screen reflection and I almost thought it was me for a moment. But then I realized I don't have anyhting that good. But the chrome dome looks like me. Ha!
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  • TheMARPATNinja7
    TheMARPATNinja7 Posts: 150
    edited February 2009
    No grills......ever
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  • busterapco
    busterapco Posts: 18
    edited February 2009
    My heart stopped when my cat was using my speaker cone as scratching post, I then put on my little speaker covers and he still trying to use it as a scratching post. I of course direct him towards the real scratching post I got him but YA I have to buy a new speaker! WITH TOUGH metal GRILLS!!! yaaa! My little cat love the soft rubber around the side of the speaker. I have sense taken the speaker out and he lays in it and uses it all the time at a cat bed. I have replaced it with some tower speakers that he cant reach the grill on it. So LOL
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2009
    Hmmmm, a little dc voltage would fix that.;)
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    edited February 2009
    I have cats. They are not permitted in my music room. There is way too much money in my speakers and my gear. You could always declaw the cat. I know some people are against it but it depends on how you look at it. It is a trade off for a good life in a loving home. Other people will say it is cruel. I have had both kind of cats. The declawed cats had the run of the house, my cats at this point with claws are confind to a couple of rooms. I would be ripping if my cat messed up my SDA SRS 2's or any speaker of mine. Just my opinion.
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  • bikerboycb650
    bikerboycb650 Posts: 9
    edited July 2009
    mcloki wrote: »
    the grills never come off my speakers. I don't even want my kids to know there are things that move under those grills.....

    this!
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