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Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: cheezeflap on October 13, 2003, 05:31:48 pm

Title: speaker grills
Post by: cheezeflap on October 13, 2003, 05:31:48 pm

Does anyone know of a good place to buy speaker grills?   I was looking at the ones listed here: http://www.wicothesource.com/new2/pages/page15.htm , but they have a $25 minimum order and don't sell anything else usefull to me.

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: JoyMonkey on October 13, 2003, 05:38:40 pm

Try your local Radioshack. If you're lucky they'll have some old stock grills for $0.97. I got a bunch of rectangular grills at Radioshack like this, they work perfectly on cocktail cabs.

If you don't see what you want on the shelves, ask if they've any old stuff out back. I used to work at a RShack and we had a room full of old stock (mostly speakers and grills) that wasn't deemed shelveable.

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: TalkingOctopus on October 13, 2003, 05:55:32 pm

When I called Wico they gave me the name of a local place that sold the exact same speaker grilles.   You may want to call them and see if such a place exists in your area.

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: General Zod on October 13, 2003, 08:21:31 pm

I too was on the neverending quest for speaker grills. I think I must have hit every Radio Shack and audio place in town, then I was told to check out PepBoys Automotive Center, after that...I was finally able to find what I had been looking for. If you have one in your area, you might want to give them a try.

Michael

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: Justin on October 13, 2003, 08:46:41 pm

I'll tell you what I did... I went to Home Depot (or Lowes?) and bought 2 drainage grills.  Not the ugly one you might think... these where 2 very think, lightweight grills... they really look beautiful.  I spray painted them black.  

Total cost: $2

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: OSCAR on October 13, 2003, 10:18:05 pm

If you are handy with a router, you could make the grilles right into the speaker board like a lot of games were.  Just some slots cut in the wood with some window screen on the backside.  Then screw down the speakers right over the screen.  Not exactly acoustically transparent, but many games were made this way.

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/guerrilla/speaker1.jpg
http://www.oscarcontrols.com/guerrilla/speaker2.jpg


Arcadeshop.com has recently repro'ed the Pac cocktail grilles.  The ones that Radio Shack discontinued were an almost exact match for the original Pac's.  But since the remaining stock of those has nearly dried up, Steve started having his own made up.

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: cheezeflap on October 13, 2003, 11:19:05 pm

Thanks everyone for your advice.  Ive tried two radioshacks and one local automotice supply shop today with no luck.  I will take the drive this weekend to a pep-boys and a audio shop and see what I can find.

Title: Re:speaker grills
Post by: DEMENTED on October 14, 2003, 01:17:52 am

Try  http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?webpage_id=3&SO=2&DID=7&CATID=29&ObjectGroup_ID=141