Changing speaker cloth


I find that my speakers sound a lot better after I remove the cover of the speaker elements. The speakers are 20 years old and I am guessing that the manufacturer picked a non-transparent cloth or that cloth for speakers have developed since. I can not imagine that Wilson's and the like would have the same issue.
Has anyone experimented with speaker cloth and found one that is very transparent?
Thanks
dcaudio

Showing 1 response by shadorne

Just a word of caution. The grill that holds the cloth may be necessary to reduce edge diffration.

You can order speaker cloth from a variety of suppliers. I have never experienced the problem you describe but a slightly different sound is quite likely if you removed the grill assembly from the front baffle and sharper edges remain.