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  1. 03-25-2010 11:26 PM #1
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    Question Just wondering what y'all do with speaker grills...

    Just wondering whether there is a big difference, like 50-50, or what...

    Yeah, so speaker grills on or off?
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  2. 03-25-2010 11:45 PM #2
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    oh no, not again.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/show...ghlight=grills


    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/show...ighlight=grill
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  3. 03-25-2010 11:49 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by zarrdoss View Post
    oh no, not again.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/show...ghlight=grills


    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/show...ighlight=grill
    beat me to it ;)
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    I usually leave them on
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    Just wondering what y'all do with speaker grills...
    Eat them.
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    I cook steaks on mine...
    Sometimes.. late at nite... I fill my bathtub with tomato sauce and pretend I am a meatball.

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    HT grills stay on.

    2 Channel off when in use, on when not in use.
    Sometimes.. late at nite... I fill my bathtub with tomato sauce and pretend I am a meatball.

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  7. 03-26-2010 12:05 AM #7
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    ^^^^same here . . . AGAIN!
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  8. 03-26-2010 12:23 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by TOOLFORLIFEFAN View Post
    I cook steaks on mine...
    hmm sounds good, just had those the other night.

    on pretty much all the time, but then again if I had SDA's they would be off like a bikini at a nude beach.
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    I generally have mine off when I'm listening. They have a slightly more open quality in the high end with no grills on.

    Plus, I just like the look of nekkid speakers.:)
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    Off.....
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  11. 03-26-2010 02:51 AM #11
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    On, always. My hearing isn't good enough to notice any difference and I think they look better with them on.
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  12. 03-26-2010 03:13 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by BuckeyeTim View Post
    On, always. My hearing isn't good enough to notice any difference and I think they look better with them on.
    ..Same here.;)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies . I am glad to be a part of a select group that tries to take our auditory and visual senses to a higher level: we EXPERIENCE them.... GOT SDA?...GOT SUNFIRE? ...GOT Maggies?
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  13. 03-26-2010 03:43 AM #13
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    I lay them on my floor and when i get out of the shower I roll on them to dry my body

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  14. 03-26-2010 04:21 AM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lasareath View Post
    I lay them on my floor and when i get out of the shower I roll on them to dry my body

    Do you want a Video?
    You're the one who finds most of the videos on here anyways... :p :D

    And Google didn't quite get the thread that was posted earlier, so I decided to start this one when I couldn't find a poll...
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  15. 03-26-2010 04:43 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by F1nut View Post
    Eat them.
    LOL Jesse, sounds good. I was wondering what to do with mine if I ever took them off.


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  16. 03-26-2010 07:25 AM #16
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    keep em on of course...
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  17. 03-26-2010 07:37 AM #17
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    They make cheap sound treatments for the room. :)
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  18. 03-26-2010 08:05 AM #18
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    I wear them when I go out.
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  19. 03-26-2010 08:08 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lasareath View Post
    I lay them on my floor and when i get out of the shower I roll on them to dry my body

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    umm I'm scared.
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  20. 03-26-2010 10:12 AM #20
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    Now that I own speakers that are beautiful, and don't look like space ships, OFF.

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    I pry them off with a crowbar, the when im finished I hammer them back in place.
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    I rub them on RuSsMaN's genitals so I can get grated Fromunda Cheese for my Cheesecake Surprise recipe.
    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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    I keep one on and the other off.
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    All on. Have wife
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    Quote Originally Posted by potee View Post
    All on. Have wife

    What he said
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    Off. The cats only scratch at the speakers if the grills are on.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.
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  27. 03-26-2010 03:22 PM #27
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    On always. I have a cat that seems to be oblivious to my shouts of anger and subsequent tossings of him into the next room when he hops on my speakers. I can't hurt the little guy (so please no advice in that direction), so I have grown accustomed to the tears in my grill covers...
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    Quote Originally Posted by TOOLFORLIFEFAN View Post
    HT grills stay on.

    2 Channel off when in use, on when not in use.
    Quote Originally Posted by hearingimpared View Post
    ^^^^same here . . . AGAIN!
    Ditto... again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jflail2 View Post
    On always. I have a cat that seems to be oblivious to my shouts of anger and subsequent tossings of him into the next room when he hops on my speakers. I can't hurt the little guy (so please no advice in that direction), so I have grown accustomed to the tears in my grill covers...
    Jason, have you tried the cold water in the spray bottle approach . . . that is harmless and gives the little claw bearer the message that he won't soon forget.
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    Hmm, I have not actually. He is a stubborn bugger, but that might just work as he despises getting wet.

    Thanks Joe, I'll have to try that tonight. I had resigned myself to getting them re-covered once he quit hiking up my speakers, but I don't think he's going to quit on his own...
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