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Posted By: gianquittia Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 03:29 AM
Hi I just received my new axioms, and I am wondering do most people leave the speaker grilles on or off. Is there a difference? New to the home theater world, aside from HT in a box. Ended up going with M60 fronts, VP150 center, EP500, and four QS8. I will be using for mainly blue ray, satellite tv, and video games, if that makes a difference for grille or no grill.
Posted By: Adrian Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 03:52 AM
Hi gianq, it's up to you, just a personal preference thing.
Posted By: Nashvegas Rocks Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 04:37 AM
Gianq, what Adrian is saying is that the grills are for cosmetic purposes and wont have any acoustic effect. (at least that is what i got from his comment)
Posted By: gianquittia Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 05:14 AM
Thanks guys. I was just wondering. Also is it possible to take off the grilles on the qs8. They seem on there pretty good.
Posted By: HAY Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 05:20 AM
Yes you can, they're just on tight.
Posted By: Argon Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 11:26 AM
Mine comes down to WAF. In that sense, there is a difference with grills on or off.
Posted By: CatBrat Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 01:06 PM
For me I have AWC (Animal With Claws), so I leave them on.
Posted By: medic8r Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 01:27 PM
Mine stay on both due to WAF (wife appreciation factor) and personal preference. I like the minimalist look of a smooth black grill. I find it less distracting.

Welcome to the forums! As far as I know, you are the only active poster from West By God. Good to have more Southerners around.
Posted By: Nashvegas Rocks Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 01:53 PM
 Originally Posted By: CatBrat
For me I have AWC (Animal With Claws), so I leave them on.


First time I have heard that one and love it.

Argon, my apologies as I forgot about the acoustical qualities being severely degraded if for some reason a nasty shrill appears with poor WAF.
Posted By: medic8r Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 01:57 PM
 Originally Posted By: CatBrat
For me I have AWC (Animal With Claws), so I leave them on.

Yeah, the grill covers make excellent scratching posts.
Posted By: Argon Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 02:05 PM
 Originally Posted By: medic8r

As far as I know, you are the only active poster from West By God. Good to have more Southerners around.


Well...... As to whether or not WVa is Southern, I suppose that depends on who you are talking to....
Posted By: CatBrat Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 02:37 PM
 Originally Posted By: medic8r
Yeah, the grill covers make excellent scratching posts.


That was my original fear, but so far, they've been ignored. When I first got my M22's I sprayed something the cat would, hopefully, find stinky, such as Windex, but stopped because she ignored them anyway. (At least when I was looking \:\))
Posted By: pmbuko Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 04:33 PM
The have sweet tea in fast food restaurants in W. Va. That means it's Southern. \:\)
Posted By: Ken.C Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 04:40 PM
I've never had problems with my cats and the grill covers. My wife did veto Magnepans because of that, though.

Not that I have ever scraped together enough money to get Maggies, but...
Posted By: gianquittia Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 07:38 PM
 Originally Posted By: medic8r
Mine stay on both due to WAF (wife appreciation factor) and personal preference. I like the minimalist look of a smooth black grill. I find it less distracting.

Welcome to the forums! As far as I know, you are the only active poster from West By God. Good to have more Southerners around.


Hi. It's good to be here. Technically, I'm not a southerner. I moved to West Virginia after college last year to take a job. I really like the area though. Also, I have no wife or animals, so I'm thinking I might take mine off. I think the speakers look pretty sweet with the grilles off. This forum is awesome also. Lots of topics and good info. Thanks everyone for the replies.
Posted By: medic8r Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 07:57 PM
Hey, watch out or the AARP crowd - Ray3, BobKay, Ajax, et al - will tell you they have clothes that are older than you.
Posted By: TonyMc Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 10:19 PM
 Originally Posted By: pmbuko
The have sweet tea in fast food restaurants in W. Va. That means it's Southern. \:\)


We have "sweet tea" in the Micky D's here in Idaho and I'm only 2 hrs from the Canadian border. That ain't southern. \:\/
Posted By: Glitchy Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 10:34 PM
Well some items I didn't know about till I moved to the south, does WV have these:

SunDrop?

Cheerwine?

Livermush?

Goodie's Powder?

People speaking english you can't understand? (alright I'll give you this one!)

And is 42 cents referred to as "42 cent"?

Do you push or "Mash" a button?

Does a hotdog or hamburger come with coleslaw as a default?

Is a shopping cart a "buggie"?

If you go to a friends house for drinks, do they pour a little in a spoon and light it on fire first to see which color it burns before you drink it, to make sure it wasn't made in a radiator and will kill ya? (Okay I'll give you that one too!)

Are there Dentists in WV?

Well that's enough for the first round.
Posted By: Potatohead Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 11:19 PM
No dentists, but definately dentits.
Posted By: RickF Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 11:52 PM
Speaking of dentits ... dentits
Posted By: merchman Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 11:55 PM
 Originally Posted By: RickF
Speaking of dentits ... dentits


I can see why she is distracted by him!
Posted By: RickF Re: Speaker grilles - 05/13/10 11:57 PM
She looks a bit flambuoyant.
Posted By: merchman Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 12:00 AM
 Originally Posted By: RickF
She looks a bit flambuoyant.


Yeah, that's the word I was looking for. ;\)
Posted By: BobKay Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 12:13 AM
 Originally Posted By: medic8r
Hey, watch out or the AARP crowd - Ray3, BobKay, Ajax, et al - will tell you they have clothes that are older than you.


clothes? CLOTHES? In my wallet, I have condoms older than some guys around here! They're made from chitlins. They have Teddy Roosevelt on the wrapper. They're called Rough Riders!

Crap! I got bunyons older than these hoodsies.
(Honestly, I don't even know what those are, but I'm sure I will----sooner than most of you--nyah, nyah.) Whoa! It's past my bedtime. Wait, that's right. "Q-tips" are all hyperkinetic.
Posted By: fredk Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 12:19 AM
 Originally Posted By: pmbuko
The have sweet tea in fast food restaurants in W. Va. That means it's Southern. \:\)


If you live in Hearst Ontario anything south of Sudbury is southern.
Posted By: BobKay Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 12:25 AM
In Canada, the further north you go, the per capita tooth count diminishes. In America, it's south. At least 'til ya git past "Dew Country!"
Posted By: fredk Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 01:02 AM
I should leave my teath behind for their own safety when I head north?
Posted By: pmbuko Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 01:57 AM
 Quote:
She looks a bit flambuoyant


They certainly are buoyant.
Posted By: medic8r Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 05:05 AM
She's a multifunctional life saver.

1. grab on to her if you're drowning- she'll float.
2. put her on your lap in the car- double air bag system.
Posted By: MarkSJohnson Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 09:43 AM
 Originally Posted By: medic8r

2. put her on your lap in the car- double air bag system.


But doing that is what made me steer into the wall in the first place!
Posted By: Argon Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 11:43 AM
 Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
 Originally Posted By: medic8r

2. put her on your lap in the car- double air bag system.


But doing that is what made me steer into the wall in the first place!


Alas, I can't access while at work.....

As for Southern and Goodys Powders - This is the heart of NASCAR Country 'round heah - The King (The old King) lives about an hour from my house and Kevin Harvick (sp.?) lives about a mile from my house - a particularly gawdy mansion too.
Posted By: Adrian Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 04:48 PM
 Originally Posted By: Argon
As for Southern and Goodys Powders - This is the heart of NASCAR Country 'round heah - The King (The old King) lives about an hour from my house and Kevin Harvick (sp.?) lives about a mile from my house - a particularly gawdy mansion too.

That's the house with the circular driveway, isn't it?
Posted By: Argon Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 04:53 PM
Yes and a flagman.
Posted By: Adrian Re: Speaker grilles - 05/14/10 07:52 PM
...couple of racing slicks as planters, either side of the driveway...
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