How grills affect?

Where can I get some acoustically transparent cloth to replace grilles on some 20 year old speakers?
Art

Art, try looking at www.partsexpress.com or www.madisound.com as they should be able to help you out. Sean
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Well, this post got me into playing around with the grills on my speakers again. I still like what I hear better with them on. I suppose like everything, it depends on many factors, not just the speakers. I am now playing around with the grills on my speakers in my home office room while I'm here at the computer.

Yep, I agree with Sugar-- tried the V5 w/o grills last night and noticed some excess brightness in especially low treble. The 5s looked better "dressed" too;>) Cheers. Craig

Many speaker designers will make accomodations for the effects of the grill cloth and will make the tweeter a bit "hotter" to compensate.

I don't think that there are any hard and fast rules. I've always found it best to just try it both ways and see what works best. Most sound better with the grills removed, but not always.

In a more direct answer to the original question regarding grills on the Totem Forest, I would recommend that you contact Totem. They are, however, obviously designed to be used sans the grills, so you'll have to guage how adverse the effect of leaving them on will be to your listening enjoyment. I had a pair of Aerial Model 5s which included grills but they are clearly an afterthought and are designed soley for the purpose of protecting the speakers when not listening (and perhaps appeasing significant others).

-Dan