Do you still own all of those speakers Matthew?matthewpiano said:Generally with them on though it does depend on what speakers I'm using. My current favourites (the Diamond 10.4s) sound as good whether with or without so I plump for with. The Epos M5i sound better with - without the treble can occasionally get a little too much. My Diamond 8.3s sound better without - Wharfedale's grilles were pretty rubbish in those days and removing them is like cleaning a light layer of dust from a window, bringing things into sharper focus. The Diamond 9.1s I find sound great whether with or without. The Mission 751s definitely sound more focused without, but the Mordaunt-Short MS902i Avant are best with them grilles in place.
Agree - off looks better.ID. said:
That's the unfortunate reality. I'd like to have them grill-less most of the time, but probing fingers, dust, etc. mean that they're on most of the time. There's just something so buttonlike about so many tweeters that just says "press me"psurquhart said:Agree - off looks better.
However for me, on , unless I want my 1 year old trying to climb through the mid range or up the bass port or just generally stick his fingers through the tweeters.
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I'm afraid so, and a pair of Quad 11Ls (original version) and some 1980s KEF C30s too. Going to have to thin the collection out soon though as I want to reclaim our spare room. Will certainly keep the 10.4s as I love them, and probably the Quads too. Beyond that I'm not sure.BenLaw said:Do you still own all of those speakers Matthew?matthewpiano said:Generally with them on though it does depend on what speakers I'm using. My current favourites (the Diamond 10.4s) sound as good whether with or without so I plump for with. The Epos M5i sound better with - without the treble can occasionally get a little too much. My Diamond 8.3s sound better without - Wharfedale's grilles were pretty rubbish in those days and removing them is like cleaning a light layer of dust from a window, bringing things into sharper focus. The Diamond 9.1s I find sound great whether with or without. The Mission 751s definitely sound more focused without, but the Mordaunt-Short MS902i Avant are best with them grilles in place.
matthewpiano said:I'm afraid so, and a pair of Quad 11Ls (original version) and some 1980s KEF C30s too. Going to have to thin the collection out soon though as I want to reclaim our spare room. Will certainly keep the 10.4s as I love them, and probably the Quads too. Beyond that I'm not sure.BenLaw said:Do you still own all of those speakers Matthew?matthewpiano said:Generally with them on though it does depend on what speakers I'm using. My current favourites (the Diamond 10.4s) sound as good whether with or without so I plump for with. The Epos M5i sound better with - without the treble can occasionally get a little too much. My Diamond 8.3s sound better without - Wharfedale's grilles were pretty rubbish in those days and removing them is like cleaning a light layer of dust from a window, bringing things into sharper focus. The Diamond 9.1s I find sound great whether with or without. The Mission 751s definitely sound more focused without, but the Mordaunt-Short MS902i Avant are best with them grilles in place.
On - It looks better, keeps the dust out, adds a little bit of protection and I can't hear any difference to the sound when they're taken off.peterpan said:How do you listen to music. With the speakergrill on or off the speaker?And why?
Most of them aren't boxed (only got boxes for the 10.4s and the Epos M5i as the rest were either bought used or quite some time ago), and most of them aren't worth that much.BenLaw said:matthewpiano said:I'm afraid so, and a pair of Quad 11Ls (original version) and some 1980s KEF C30s too. Going to have to thin the collection out soon though as I want to reclaim our spare room. Will certainly keep the 10.4s as I love them, and probably the Quads too. Beyond that I'm not sure.BenLaw said:Do you still own all of those speakers Matthew?matthewpiano said:Generally with them on though it does depend on what speakers I'm using. My current favourites (the Diamond 10.4s) sound as good whether with or without so I plump for with. The Epos M5i sound better with - without the treble can occasionally get a little too much. My Diamond 8.3s sound better without - Wharfedale's grilles were pretty rubbish in those days and removing them is like cleaning a light layer of dust from a window, bringing things into sharper focus. The Diamond 9.1s I find sound great whether with or without. The Mission 751s definitely sound more focused without, but the Mordaunt-Short MS902i Avant are best with them grilles in place.I was thinking not only space (if they're all in original boxes I'm surprised they fit in one room!) but if you 'liquidated the assets' could you not buy a pair of speakers a class or two above most of those? (Not denying their qualities of course.)
Most speakers have removable grills so you can actually get to replace the drive units. Probably!FennerMachine said:Grills off.
If I can remove grills I do.
Apparently my Spendor SA1's sound better with grills off. They look good too!
Never tried with them on but happy as they are! I like the look with them off.
I know of a speaker that was designed/tuned to have the grills on.
Good thing too as they were ugly speakers!
Most speakers I have demoed or owned have had removable grills.
Obviously the meshing has a dampening effect on the sound so removing them lets them 'breath' properly. In most cases. Probably!