OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level!


My recently purchased Focal Maestro Utopia speakers look so good with their black front baffle and side and back Camara white, I couldn’t even think about removing the grills to hear what they sound like with them off. With nobody around to voice their displeasure to seeing those drivers I boldly went were no man, or in this case myself, said he would never go and removed the grills. Hello, said the speakers
this is what I really sound like. I might not be as pretty, but love me for what really counts, how I sound,
not how I look. I have to say I love them even more and they’re not looking too bad either! 
hiendmmoe
*S* Personally, sans grills entirely....Lucifer 'n I get along just fine....🤪

...although...."The Grill Clapper!  *clap*  Grills off....*clap* Grills on!

Now available with AGP!  Automatic Grille Protection!

If your speakers are approached by Any lifeforms, the grills are automatically deployed, covering your investment!"

(Not sold in stores.  No liability for any and all injuries caused by AGP; the system is designed to be Very Positive in it's function....)
My Klipsch Heresy IIIs sound a little more "open" with the grills off (this could be imagined, but so what?) but look better with 'em on...since the grills are held on by magnets I try to remember to put them back after an "active" listening session as since they're tilted back they collect dust on the horns and the bottom ridge of the woofer. The dust refracts sound and reduces the accuracy of the speakers by .000243%, which can make violins and lap steels sound orange-ish. The best way to clean the horns is to take the speakers outside and blast the horns with a power washer...sure, it warps the cabinet and the horns don't work for a few days, but the dust is gone.
I just removed the grill from my Cheese Sandwich Model 100 speakers.  They are less tonally dark, and softer.
I found that my speakers sounded much more open and had a far better sound stage after I took them out of their shipping cartons.

Wish I had done this six months ago.

The high end detail now is amazing.
I remember the CSM 100's....they were unappealing until someone tripping fell against the TT, causing the tone arm to skitter across the record at full volume.....

...after everyones' ears stopped bleeding, the cones had all inverted...looking like cheap Ohms....

They only sounded better when they got thrown on the bonfire.....

They stopped playing....