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Grilles or No Grilles

I've always found that 'no grilles' leads to a more accurate listening experience. I've had many different speakers using many different grille cloth and components and always, no grilles works better for me. Often many of my friends find that a WAF means grilles on. What do you think?
buconero117
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
My Magnepan have the grills from Hell. They would be a giant pain to remove.. and the result is very ugly!
I used to use B&W 805s and they sounded better with no grill, but looked fine without.
Some speakers ARE really ugly without the cover. Others actually look like some sort of art with no cover.
playpen
147 posts
 
I had paradigm 60v2's and now the v5's,to me they sound better with the grills off.
eee3
214 posts
 
So, the grilles off have it! (did I spell grilles right?)
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johnk
1,490 posts
 
Some loudspeakers are designed for listening with grilles on some with grilles off. Ask your manufacturer.
rhljazz
1,117 posts
 
Grilles on. My Triad speakers are designed that way. The ESP speakers don't have a removable grille. I prefer the look of the N802 with the grilles and have made choices of set up and cabling so configured to sound best (to me) with the grilles in place.
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