Speaker Grills on or off

We’ve tried the ‘close your eyes’ test and cannot hear the grilles on our Magico A3’s, so they just stay on. They are industrial metal mesh of a sort but fit with the aircraft aluminum cabinets.

Less than the cost of a Naim box, Debs!

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Which naim box?

Last year i got a £6.5k quote for 36m² of 22mm engineered oak planks set in a chevron style! :money_mouth_face:

But the nail biting questions remain;

Would a Naim box survive getting walked on for over a hundred years?

Would the new wood floor affect the audio sound to a greater degree than speaker grills on or off? :thinking:

(Did you see what i did there ^ just to keep it on the subject topic) :grin:

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Yes, I strongly suspect it would. We had a solid oak floor installed, after which I had to cover much of it up with a rug to control the sound.

David, I like the grills on, with the Titan T88’s, great looking speakers!

Thanks, but grills removed- the Titans just sound better with them off.
The grills do look nice though
David

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When I had SBLs I had grills on. With the various ProAcs I have had, off. I recently tried to put them on but I felt I discerned a slight muffling - but as someone said above, it could be psychological.

Edge diffraction is surely a valid point especially with Harbeth speakers where the “Supergrilles” are slotted into the groove all-round the speakers. I just listened with the grilles off and the clarity in the midrange and bass seems to be improved. Less smeared bass lines with the grilles off. I have to admit that I usually don’t push the grilles all the way into the slot of the speaker baffle and that may have contributed to a more severe edge diffraction.

I like grills off! Unless you have children or grandchildren around , then I would leave on unless you were in the room to monitor them!
I leave grills on my c30s when I’m not home . But take them off when listening to music. Magnetic grills are handy :grin:

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