Grills on or off?

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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited June 2009
    Does the grill on-grill off thing affect bookshelf speakers more
    than floorstanders?
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited June 2009
    Jetmaker737 wrote: »
    Grills off! Much more bad-**** looking.

    Get a Swiffer duster to clean the drivers (works great on the piano black too).
    SKsolutions wrote: »
    Grills on the Dyns, cat is still alive .

    Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing! Give SKsolutions a cigar!

    I used to do both. Absolutely cannot hear the difference. Grills off when I want to bad-**** show off. The cat will "screw" with the physical driver ... so will curious young children if the drivers are left exposed. I have a push in on a driver's center to prove.

    Both species will more or less ignore if the grill is on. I did once have a cat that decided to check out the scratching post worthiness of a grill... that **** got stopped real fast!

    Bottom line: Cats are optional, but you cannot get rid of the kids....

    So, day to day: Grills on.

    Show off time: Grills off. There is a reason why Polk makes grills removable! :D
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  • strife1013
    strife1013 Posts: 61
    edited June 2009
    I like them on, they are distracting off.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited June 2009
    On or off as long as they sound good:D
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2009
    strife1013 wrote: »
    I like them on, they are distracting off.

    How about with your center and surround speakers-on or off?
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2009
    danz1906 wrote: »
    How about with your center and surround speakers-on or off?

    Subwoofers-Grill on or off????
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited July 2009
    HT speakers+sub = grills on. SDA's = grills off as I think theyre too badass not to look at :D The dogs arent allowed in the living room when I'm doing any 2-chan listening
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2009
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    HT speakers+sub = grills on. SDA's = grills off as I think theyre too badass not to look at :D The dogs arent allowed in the living room when I'm doing any 2-chan listening

    Cool, very nice systems:cool:
    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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  • oifvet0608
    oifvet0608 Posts: 148
    edited July 2009
    On only when kids are in the house (I don't have any yet). My Cantons have aluminum grills so I prefer to have them off, besides they look nicer when the grills are off.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2009
    oifvet0608 wrote: »
    On only when kids are in the house (I don't have any yet). My Cantons have aluminum grills so I prefer to have them off, besides they look nicer when the grills are off.

    Cantons are Sweet-Enjoy!
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  • speakergeek
    speakergeek Posts: 555
    edited July 2009
    I like mine nekkid....:D
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2009
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    HT speakers+sub = grills on. SDA's = grills off as I think theyre too badass not to look at :D The dogs arent allowed in the living room when I'm doing any 2-chan listening

    I have to revise my previous post to add the SDAs and agree with Kawizx..above.

    SDAs, definitely OFF! Everything else I still leave on...it may be an illusion but the SDAs sound a little more open with the grills off?

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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    to provide some protection and dust protection to the drivers leave the grills on.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited July 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    I have to revise my previous post to add the SDAs and agree with Kawizx..above.

    SDAs, definitely OFF! Everything else I still leave on...it may be an illusion but the SDAs sound a little more open with the grills off?

    cnh

    Interesting,it does seem that the sound opens up with the grills-off.
    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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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    Who has the grill off on the Center channel???
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    I have to revise my previous post to add the SDAs and agree with Kawizx..above.

    SDAs, definitely OFF! Everything else I still leave on...it may be an illusion but the SDAs sound a little more open with the grills off?

    cnh

    I've noticed the same thing on my SDA's. It's probably due to the grille cloth material. It's a lot thicker than on other speakers, such as my RTi8's.

    There's an immediate noticeable difference when I remove the grilles on my SDA's...but I can't hear a difference one way or the other with my RTi8's.

    A lot of people have replaced their SDA's grille cloth with a more acoustically transparent material. I might end up doing that eventually myself...but it's not a very high priority at the moment.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    How the the Acurus L10 pre-amp?
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  • crazyBLUE
    crazyBLUE Posts: 13
    edited September 2009
    danz1906 wrote: »
    Who has the grill off on the Center channel???

    I keep my center tower grill off ! :D
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    crazyBLUE wrote: »
    I keep my center tower grill off ! :D

    Off it is....Thanks
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    crazyBLUE wrote: »
    I keep my center tower grill off ! :D

    Welcome to the Club!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,276
    edited September 2009
    danz1906 wrote: »
    Hey Guys, which do you prefer on or off?
    Is there a big difference in sound?
    Off for me, but [and there is a but] it depends on the speaker. Is there a big difference? For probably 95% of folks, there will be no difference.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,276
    edited September 2009
    george daniel wrote: »
    off on Taylos monitors,,SDA's=on
    Same here bro'. Off on the Tyler's and on with the SDA's. ;)
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Off for me, but [and there is a but] it depends on the speaker. Is there a big difference? For probably 95% of folks, there will be no difference.

    Agreed!
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,864
    edited September 2009
    on.. way too hard to take off :)
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    on.. way too hard to take off :)

    Cmon.....you can do it;)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,276
    edited September 2009
    Only the hardcore pay attention to the sound with the grills off. In my experience, only 1% of the speakers out there make a notable difference with the grills on and that's only because they incorporate the sonic reproduction into the actual design. The Focal 807's would be a good example.

    FOCAL806.jpg

    You see the "V" shape on the grill? It helps to deflect the sound based upon the technology of the tweeter design. The end result improves the sound in the sweet spot.
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  • crazyBLUE
    crazyBLUE Posts: 13
    edited September 2009
    danz1906 wrote: »
    Welcome to the Club!

    Thanks danz !
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  • nacam
    nacam Posts: 56
    edited September 2009
    I don't know what speakers you are running but I assumed that my 1.2TL's have a built in feature where the grills come off automatically at a certian volume. I thought this was kind of a neat feature!

    (joking of course!)
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  • AGUERRA
    AGUERRA Posts: 147
    edited September 2009
    love the look of speakers without the grills but dam scary with pets and kids running around the place and for that matter even the with the grills on i can just seen it now dam cat clawing in the grilles and pulling the treads out :eek:
    front: rti8
    center: csi5
    surround: fxi3
    sub: eD a2-300
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  • crazyBLUE
    crazyBLUE Posts: 13
    edited September 2009
    I need to post some pics !
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    BOSTON ~ HS450 TOWERS FRONT L-C-R
    POLK ~ 4 TSi-300 -SURR. & SURR REARS ~ALL WITH CUSTOM MOZAMBIQUE CABINETS
    POLK ~ PSW125 /~/ PSW110 ~BOTH WITH CUSTOM MOZAMBIQUE CABINETS
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