The title pretty much says it all. What are yalls opinions on this, personally i prefer having them off since
- They look much better imo
- I feel like there is a difference in sound
On. I make dust.
Even bought these specific speakers because they have proper metal grills and not textile ones. reason: 2 dogs sometimes quite 3 dimensional
Off, I genuinely feel it dulls the treble on my speakers, likely only a tiny bit, but enough for it to be noticeable.
Off, because it looks better and more fun to watch the drivers. My dog somehow knows to respect the speakers. He even listens sometimes.
On. I don’t want to test the willpower of my cats.
I leave mine off because my cat would use them as a scratching post. Exposed drivers don’t seem to interest her.
Last night, I did catch her trying to chew a rubber grommet that the grille for my REL subwoofer uses for mounting.
My SVS subwoofer has a perforated steel grille which is great for cats and grandkids.
My drivers are too distracting
Off.
Off sometimes when listening. On when not. Don’t want any unnecessary dust on my sticky domes!
Off unless I have small kids or pets present. The sound is best when removed.
Mine were designed for the grilles off. Musically and aesthetically.
On.
Dust and exposed speaker drivers aren’t a good combo. Especially the sticky foam surround, a real dust magnet very difficult to remove without damaging the driver.
Like looks of mine on,cant say my hearing is good enough to notice a sound difference, mayybe might measure different.
I personally prefer them off as I’m a ‘former’ basshead and I associate speakers to looking at a 500hp engine with the hood popped up.
If I have guests, or a wife and kids… and pets and stuff… I have no problem with the grilles being on. Actually I think I’d prefer it that way in that scenario.
…but when I’m alone and nobody cares, when there’s no pet-danger or kid-danger or anything else — I’ll definitley leave them off thank you 😁
On, they help protect the speakers, metal grills are best
Off for critical listening. On the rest of the time for UV and dust blocking.
Speaker designer rec’d listening w/o them.