I like them naked!
Grills off, looks better to me
Grilles on with these I’d say
They look more modern with grills on and also more of a finished elegant speaker.
Any thoughts on whether leaving grills off will allow any long term damage to the drivers? Any Titan T88 owners care to chime in?
Looks-wise I’m still undecided
Off. Didn’t have a choice, grills missing so got Dynaudios rather cheap!
Apparently the grills for the SL2 are an integral part of the design. You can still buy them too. I bought a replacement pair a few months ago as the originals where starting to disintegrate. I got mine from Tom Tom audio.
Grills off on those Titans for me.
David, sorry to change the subject but that’s a superb looking oak floor you have
is it real solid wood?
Or engineered?
Please don’t tell me it’s vinyl
Real solid wood, stained with satin finish - on top of cement
No problems with footfalls
David
Looks or sound?
It has a wonderful timeless elegance.
My music room floor is concrete over 30 square meters.
i’d love to have something like that but it would cost a small fortune these days!
I once laid a woodblock floor using reclaimed maple blocks. Preparation and grading of the used blocks was very time consuming, but the overall cost was very low. We’ve moved since then, but I might even do it again in our current living room.
Hello Andy P,
I once read that my speakers sounded better with the grills off. I was curious about this and whilst listening at the speaker a low to moderate volume I would wave the speaker grill slowly, flat side on to the speaker and could definitely hear a noticeable difference. For the moment the speaker grills are always off.
We do not have grandchildren yet. Though when they turn up. The grills will be back on. My grills are quite small as the speaker is only Book Shelf on stands with two drivers. A tweeter and a midrange that also doubles as low range the best it can.
Speakers are from the late 80’s, Celestion SL6Si’s. Special at the time, though not now. Yet I still enjoy them and am looking for something better one day.
Warm regards,
Paul.
Off nicer.
Grills came off the Titan T88s …
Sounded better off- brought in my wife who has better ears. Sound ever so slightly muffled with grills on. Difficult to rule out psychological effect of seeing grills on.
David
On
do you mean the version 3 ones with the industrial metal mesh? i cant see that having any effect other than to make them pig ugly!
I agree, and I was chatting to my dealer about this soon after he started selling ATC a year or so ago. He said he had already had words with them about how many potential customers were put off by this, and apparently they agreed that maybe they should change them.