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Grills: Round or S, quare??
- Thread starter jimo
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- Mar 8, 2011
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I'd say round grills ("bug eyes") are typically lighter...some folks like the way they look and some don't. I think they look fine
A full grill can be a little tricker with buzzing and resonance, but not that difficult to correct, really. A full grill also protects the entire baffle as opposed to just the speakers themselves.
Hope that helps a little!
I'd say round grills ("bug eyes") are typically lighter...some folks like the way they look and some don't. I think they look fine
A full grill can be a little tricker with buzzing and resonance, but not that difficult to correct, really. A full grill also protects the entire baffle as opposed to just the speakers themselves.
Hope that helps a little!
I've always gone with the round grills. Never had a problem with them buzzing, and easy on/off when switching out drivers. Have had many a buzz and rattle with full grills.
No standoffs required.
Most (all?) drivers have a gasket on the front. Most (all?) round grills have a vinyl "cushion".
Most (all?) drivers have a gasket on the front. Most (all?) round grills have a vinyl "cushion".
- Mar 8, 2011
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Full cab grills. They appear way more professional to me. Isolated round speaker grills are to 'home/garage made' for my taste.
Now, as far as full cab grills are concerned I prefer a circular pattern as opposed to a square pattern.
Now, as far as full cab grills are concerned I prefer a circular pattern as opposed to a square pattern.
No dispersion penalties or frequency masking with the round "bug eye" grills? I had a fEARful builder bail on my project when I insisted on round grills... he claimed there was no way they couldn't interfere with dispersion.
That's weird. They won't interfere any more or less than a full front. Which to use is pretty much just based on looks. In order to interfere, the grill would have to have such a small percentage of open area it could act as a boundry for the wavelengths being produced. Any wavelengths that short would be coming from the tweeter anyway and are pretty much non-existant in bass guitar sound.
The new Penn Elcom round grills look really nice. On my composite builds I have to use round grills. I never really liked the look of the "waffle" grills. But the new ones look really slick. I think they actually look a bit more "high tech" than the full grills.
Not trying to sell my cabs---there are pics of the new grills in a recent thread about my composite cabs---take a look. You can get them from
speakerhardware.com
Not trying to sell my cabs---there are pics of the new grills in a recent thread about my composite cabs---take a look. You can get them from
speakerhardware.com
Those to look a lot cleaner, more professional/less "home-made", to me than the waffles.
Have you ever heard of grills, assuming a good portion of open area, ever causing some problem with radiation patterns? I haven't, and can't hear any difference with mine on or off. I suppose there technically could be some interference but I think it would take a controlled environment/critical listening room to hear, and maybe even then not with a live intsrument. Sounds like cork-sniffer stuff to me.
