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Posted By: Rick32 Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/27/08 04:38 PM
Hi,

I take a look in the picture thread and many of you are not using the grille for your speaker... Is this only for the photo or you found that they look better without?

And is the grille have an impact on the sound quality?

Thanks,

Eric
Posted By: Ken.C Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/27/08 04:40 PM
Oh, mine's definitely only for photos. I've got a 1 year old.

I've never heard a difference in sound quality between grill and no grill.
Posted By: SRoode Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/27/08 04:44 PM
Grille while listening, no grille for pix.
Posted By: St_PatGuy Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/27/08 06:03 PM
Grills off all the time. My current speakers don't even have grills.

I don't have kids. That's a major factor.
Posted By: Mojo Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/27/08 06:37 PM
Grills on all the time. Naked sometimes for pics.
Posted By: DaveG Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/28/08 12:09 PM
Grills always on, have cats.
Posted By: Murph Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/28/08 12:10 PM
Me too. Grills required for the cats. Also keeps the cat toys out of my EP500 port. Or it least it should have.........
Posted By: EFalardeau Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/28/08 03:46 PM
Grills on for me. Has cat, but I would have them on anyway as I prefer not to see the speakers too much.
Posted By: jakewash Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/28/08 04:07 PM
Mixed in my house, VP150 is up high so it is naked, the M80s have the grilles on, as I too have kids. The other set up M22 and VP100 are usually without grills.
Posted By: pmbuko Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/29/08 03:39 AM
Grilles on. My M22s are wall-mounted, but the woofers are within reach of my tall 4.5 year-old. I prefer that he doesn't know what's behind the grilles, so I've never removed them in his presence.
Posted By: ClayB Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/29/08 06:53 AM
Grills off. No cats, no young kids, so no issues there.
The frames of the grills are pretty thick, so it might effect dispersion, but I have not looked into that and am not sure I could hear the difference anyway. I've only have the M80s for a week, and they look great with the grills too, so I might switch.

Most of the time when I listen to 2-channel I close my eyes, so the busyness of all 12 of those drivers does not bother me. On my HT system, grills on for sure, all those thumpin' drivers are a total distraction!
Posted By: Murph Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/29/08 12:07 PM
Another good argument for grilles is a Yellow Lab who thinks he is Indiana Jones with his tail.

I also have a friend who can't seem to eat a barbecued hamburger without spraying mustard out the other end. Does anyone need a new friend? Will trade for M80s.
Posted By: fredk Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/29/08 08:18 PM
I need a new friend, but I don't like mustard... \:\(
Posted By: pmbuko Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/29/08 08:22 PM
I need a new mustard, but I don't like friends... \:\(
Posted By: fredk Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/30/08 01:35 AM
THAT I can help you with. Presidents choice, Dijon horseradish. Yum, yum, yum.
Posted By: fredk Re: Grille or NO Grille ? - 04/30/08 01:36 AM
Oh wait, I don't like mustard. Doh...
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