Do you keep your speaker grilles off?

[maxhifi]

Rogers says that the LS 5/9 are constructed to be listened to with the grills on. So I keep them on.

Nice speakers

 

[harman/kardon]

Indeed. I adore their sound.

 

[Oldguy63]

I keep them off alot but when people are over I like keep them on. So what do you do? keep them off or on?

I just bought a pair of Klipsch Heresy speakers and the grill covers have remained on so far. Now, if I had Cerwin Vega they would be off all the time.

 

[JSanders2056]

Wharfedale Linton's - Grills on
Yamaha NS-1000M's - No grills included

 

[Sansuiman]

Keep mine on 99% of the time. I do periodic cleaning to keep excessive dust off the drivers, and for speakers with foam surrounds I do period visual inspection/touch test to gauge the condition of the surrounds. Once in a while I'll show them off by pulling the grilles, but that's infrequent.

 

[Northwinds]

On always unless showing them to someone

 

[N0rt0n]

The grills for my Fyne 502SPs were more of a WAF afterthought and clearly degrade the sound due to their construction. I take them off a lot of the time but other times for WAF I leave them on. Off is also part of the good look. The grills on my Dynaudio speakers have very little effect on SQ if any so they stay on.

 

[odcics2]

Vandersteen 2Ce Signature II.
What grills?

 

[Bob in WI]

Vandersteen 2Ce Signature II.
What grills?

I leave the socks on but never shoes or slippers.

 

[twiiii]

No!!!!!

 

[odcics2]

I tend to keep mine off as they seem to my ear to impede the higher frequency reproductions

Looks like you are already 10 db down!

 

[tadawson]

No - EQ/tune with them on, and any effect is nullified.

 

[tubelectron]

Do you keep your speaker grilles off?​

In fact, most of my speakers do not have a grille, so...

T

 

[OnTheBlitz]

Do you keep your speaker grilles off?​

In fact, most of my speakers do not have a grille, so...

T

Those are pretty

 

[tubelectron]

Thanks @OnTheBlitz !

Maybe my prettiest are my smallest ?

T

 

[THEWEREWOLF]

I leave them on for those that have them. I have 1 set of Pioneer HPM 100 and Pioneer HPM 900 clear Lucite store demo speakers that came without covers. Then I leave uncovered.

 

[MuchoReverbo]

On my Polk SRT powered subs (the lower cabinets of the towers), the grilles are fake. If you take them off there is nothing underneath. The sound comes out of the bottoms. The grilles are purely cosmetic so they match the upper satellites which are functional. So I don't ever remove them and to tell the truth, never really remove the uppers either other than to show the nine drivers to someone.

 

[freeagent]

Now, if I had Cerwin Vega they would be off all the time.

I keep them off all of my speakers except my Vegas lol.. The cover on my Vegas just covers the woofer, and I keep them on to keep the UV off the foam. I do take them off from time to time..