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But wouldn't that mess with the sound quality having plastic criss crossing back and forth over the front of the speakers?
A very good point indeed and yes, it would mess with the sound quality. You cannot put a grid of plastic in front of a speaker driver without influencing the sound waves (essentially bumping gas molecules which comprise the air we breathe). Of course the speaker designer could certainly design the sound with the grille in place but i believe Axiom has not taken that approach.
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The grills are pretty flimsy. Hardly at the top of my list of priorities when buying speakers (especially since I keep the grills off anyway).
If they ever change the grills, I'd highly recommend that they take a look at the grills on the Energy C-3's
They may be pretty in design but they make the speaker sound like crap.
See my post on the
speaker slew auditions of the C7/C9.
