Put the grills on or put them in the corner or room or design some sort of grill like furniture to cover them up.My speakers and components are distracting me while watching TV. I love the look of some nice looking equipment but I keep staring at it while trying to watch, and miss half the show. Its not so bad when I have the grills on. Most of my setup is half form and half function. Crazy thing is, I usually only listen to TV on a Bose wave, and all these big speakers and silver and black just sit there and stare at me.
I use slim klipsch icon duel 6.5” towers they have good bass and not distracting.
My vintage speakers I use in basement for music only .