Question Do You Run with Speaker Covers On or Off

[Dom]

I would love to run with speaker covers on, the soft dome tweeter is exposed, but the difference is night and day so I run with covers off!

 

[Deleted member 108165]

Run mine with covers on... sound the same with covers off

 

[insider9]

Fyne Audio recommends running speakers without

 

[Dom]

Superb.

 

[Will1962]

My Buchardts sound best without grills but my Dali oberons best with grills on also run my rel subs without covers . When 3yr old grandson visits everything goes on lol.

 

[Dom]

My nephews and have never been in my flat. So no worry's.

 

[Deleted member 116933]

really depends on the speaker i guess and the tweeters/drivers. I know my klipsch heresy's look butt ugly with the grills off and TBH doesn't make a jot of difference on my end so they stay on and saves me a dusting job.

 

[Tannadeechee]

Always used to leave the grills off and put away safely. My current DC3000s were bought to replace standmount speakers when my son was learning to walk and have the grills kept on but removed when in use. There is a big difference, to me, with better top end and vocals a bit clearer. Sounds great with grills on, but once heard with them off I couldn't listen to them on anymore.

 

[Al ears]

Unless you have a pair of speakers that are specifically recommended to run with grilles in place, and there are a few, I would tend to run with them off which I do with mine.

 

[Greenwich_Man]

I bought some KEF Q550s and they came without grill fronts, but my wife doesn't like to see them that way. So I bought some grill fronts. They come off when I listen to music.

 

[Gray]

I bought some KEF Q550s and they came without grill fronts, but my wife doesn't like to see them that way. So I bought some grill fronts. They come off when I listen to music.

I trust your wife appreciates how considerate you are.
(Chances of me ever getting married get less as the days go by).

 

[Greenwich_Man]

I trust your wife appreciates how considerate you are.
(Chances of me ever getting married get less as the days go by).

Oh she is a good woman. We each have odd ways.

 

[OliverYY]

I usually take them off but it depends on the speakers. My current main speakers - B&W 804 - have their grills on. With my bedroom speakers, a pair of 35 year old B&W DM-5's, they're off.

 

[Dom]

Most of the time speakers sound better with them off, it's whether or not you can handle with them on.

 

[Dom]

I am running with cover on, there great. I wanted the flavour, not the most detail.

 

[insider9]

I'm at Liverpool Hilton hammered and I agree with you.......
Donald Trump ... ..... sad

 

[Dom]

I had a pint of cider at the sea front, the other day. Just me, my mobile and a few other people. I'll go out now and buy some more. Cheers mate.

 

[Romulus]

Cover off always, because my speakers look so good without them and I get the impression that the sound will be slightly more clear without the covers blocking the audio space (probably more psychological than strict audio evidence..!)

 

[TheJoker]

Covers off all day long, in fact they are still in the boxes & never used.

 

[Dom]

I have put the grilles back on.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Prefer to see and listen with the loudspeakers covers off. Working in the store today and as i write this listening to Radio 1Xtra through a system which consists of a Naim NDX 2, ATC SCA2, Parasound Halo JC5, Monitor Audio 5G Gold 300 and a JL Audio Fathom f112 v2. Sounds and looks great particularly without the covers on the 5G Gold 300's and the Fathom f112 v2

 

[insider9]

I have put the grilles back on.

😱

 

[insider9]

Why Dom?

 

[Gray]

Prefer to see and listen with the loudspeakers covers off. Working in the store today and as i write this listening to Radio 1Xtra through a system which consists of a Naim NDX 2, ATC SCA2, Parasound Halo JC5, Monitor Audio 5G Gold 300 and a JL Audio Fathom f112 v2. Sounds and looks great particularly without the covers on the 5G Gold 300's and the Fathom f112 v2

That's a miraculous system if it makes R1X sound great
Just look at the diabolical compression of Radio 1, as shown on their own Peak Programme Meter!!

View: https://youtu.be/NYx0MIUtoSI?t=92

 

[Deleted member 108165]

I have put the grilles back on.

You know it makes sense

 

[MUSICRAFT]

That's a miraculous system if it makes R1X sound great
Just look at the diabolical compression of Radio 1, as shown on their own Peak Programme Meter!!

View: https://youtu.be/NYx0MIUtoSI?t=92

Either way I still like how Radio 1Xtra sounds through the combination of Naim Audio’s NDX 2, ATC SCA2, Parasound Halo JC5, Monitor Audio 5G Gold 300 and a JL Audio Fathom f112 v2