I have noticed over the last couple of years that newer speakers no longer have grilles on them. It seems wildly unsafe to have a bare tweeter that any slight accident can destroy the expensive piece of equipment.
I’ve recently bought some studio monitors to replace a hifi I was using and they didn’t come with grilles. Seems to be a difference between studio kit and the hifi world.
Hrm, I’ve got a $6k set of Klips I put together about a year or so ago and they all have grilles.
I’m looking at a ~$20k set of SVS Ultra Evos in the next few months, they’ve all got grilles.
Everything else I’ve explored and considered in the ‘window shopping’ that has led me to the SVS - Paradigm, higher end Klips, PSB, Wharfedale, JBL, all in around that same price point, also all had grilles.
Are you sure the pictures you’re seeing are not just making a point of showing you what is under the grilles, but they do in fact come with grilles?
I just checked BestBuy, which is obviously not the best source of information, but all of the floor speakers they have come with grills. They show them without the grills, but there’s always a picture at the end to show that they come with them.
Edit: just browsed crutchfield.com and grills galore!
Oh fuck that noise! (No pun intended.)
No grille on my speaker? No purchase on my end!
What kind of speakers? I recently got some Klipsch home audio that have removable grilles. The look with the grille off definitely looks better if you don’t have kids and stuff IMO. I’ve also recently bought some Pioneer for my truck and they too came with optional grilles though I didn’t need them since they went behind the door panels.
