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Grills ON or Grills OFF?

With my Signature S2s, I prefer to listen with the grills on. Even though the highs are ever so slightly rolled off (which, with this speaker is not necessarily a bad thing), the dispersion and the ability of the speakers to disappear is better. Plus, I like the protection factor. How do you conduct your listening sessions, and why?
danoroo
bjesien
1,255 posts
 
Grills are like bras. No need for them unless children are around.
unsound
7,315 posts
 
Depends on the speakers. Thiel CS 2's use the grills as part of the design.
kevvwill
70 posts
 
On, because with the grilles off, they're ugly. I'll gladly sacrifice that last 10th of reproductive quality so that I'm not looking at a speaker thinking, "Boy, that's ugly."
kedoades
251 posts
 
grills off when listening, grills on when the system is not on
hifisoundguy
630 posts
 
On my new BOSE 901's I got in 2011 my speakers sound better with the grills off. You know I set back hear all these people on the forums complain about the top end and bottom end performance with these 901's made in the past.

Well, BOSE was listening because with new BOSE 901's I have NO complaints AT ALL with the top end and bottom end performance with my new 901's and my room is not small at 18 by 24 !

Looking at the speaker driver cones, the voice coil wires have a clear coat coating over them because you can see the solder they put on the voice coil wires.

Maybe they did this to get more top end and bottom end performance out of these speaker drivers in these new 901's because I have NO complaints with these new 901's !!..
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