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Anyone Using Harbeths with Grilles off?

Curious whether anyone prefers their Harbeths this way. I would imagine it's room dependent-- they are obviously voiced with grilles on but if your room is unusual (like mine is) maybe they sound better this way. The highs are getting eaten up by furniture and old ears and a strange loft type room at my place so it's working here.
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dhcod OP
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Just saw these reponses. Thanks! I agree. Enjoying them way more with the grilles off!
dhcod OP
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Oooh. That's a nice solution. I've been doing the paperclip method where I use a pair of need nose pliers to bend about 1/4" of a paperclip and then insert, turn and pull. I feel like I'm going to tear the grille at some point. Doesn't matter much now because my system is set after a bunch of covid changes and the newest incarnation definitely sounds better with the grilles off and nothing is changing anytime soon.
dhcod OP
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The reality is that we use things like grilles and cables and different tubes as tone controls to tailor the sound to our individual liking. No more, no less. 
dhcod OP
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i agree, there is a saying, when you are finally done trying all the speakers out there, likely you will have a set of harbeths



I can attest to the fact that this is true having gone through tons of other speakers. 
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