Yes, magnetic detachable covers might do the job, but that could be a slight price increase for everyone due to fabrication costs. And not everyone uses the grills, so that might be a waste of materials..
having the covers might result in higher demand and sales volume. The covers themselves could be sold separately at additional cost so the cost on the bare speaker is kept minimal. In any case, if you look at the majority of consumer and even pro speakers, driver protection is the status quo...
Come to think of it, a lot of people (even on this thread) want the grills on their speakers, so I think that you are right in that sense. If the grills could increase sales and let Ascilabs design more speakers, I'm up for it!
Depends on the market tastes too. One speaker brand I know, designs and sets up their speakers for use with grilles on, said grilles very carefully designed to sit in a slot around the baffle edge. The first thing the 'audiophiles' who seem to be buying them these days do, is take the grilles off to display them in their acoustically bare rooms (judging by proudly displayed system pics on the maker's forum)
These are close to worst case grills. A perfectly circular grill causes severe diffraction as all reflected waves occur at the same distance. It results in massive peaks and nulls. Rectangular grill are not great but definitely better.Buchardt made grilles for the A500SE with waveguide and purifi bass driver.
Looks ugly to me, but functional and can be removed.
It will be attached by magnet. Magnet to bolt.Nice! How is the grille fastened / attached?
Exactly, But Even if the woofer plays higher like 2kHz It would be okay too. Not covering tweeter is important.
Fantastic! will these fit the PRs on the Purifi model as well?
Yes.
Yes, very impressive. I hope they're just as quick when it comes to sending speakers to Amir, Erin or anyone else
