OMG, just removed my speaker grills and the sound just opened up to a new level!


My recently purchased Focal Maestro Utopia speakers look so good with their black front baffle and side and back Camara white, I couldn’t even think about removing the grills to hear what they sound like with them off. With nobody around to voice their displeasure to seeing those drivers I boldly went were no man, or in this case myself, said he would never go and removed the grills. Hello, said the speakers
this is what I really sound like. I might not be as pretty, but love me for what really counts, how I sound,
not how I look. I have to say I love them even more and they’re not looking too bad either! 
hiendmmoe

Showing 6 responses by geoffkait

Quad ‘75s are a little different. Now, those heavy metal grills ARE physical. Whose brilliant idea was that? 
OK, try this. Take the grills off and listen for a while. Then place one grill in front of your head while listening. If you don’t hear a difference in the sound it’s because the reason is not physical. Fair enough?
It’s kind of a mystery why speakers almost always sound better without grills on. After all, the very fine material of most grills is 99.999% transparent. So, that cannot account for the rather obvious difference in sound. Agree/disagree?