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Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: crackbone on May 15, 2003, 11:32:20 pm
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Perhaps a dumb question... but what is the kind of fabric they use for speaker covers? And if it's not a regular fabric I could get locally, where would one go?
Crack
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Ideally, the grill cloth will be acoustically transparent. Radio Shack carries some (http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F002%5F006%5F005%5F004&product%5Fid=970%2D1251) and so does PartsExpress (http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?webpage_id=3&SO=2&&DID=7&CATID=48&ObjectGroup_ID=140). (I should be getting a commission from them by now... ;) )
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auto shops have metal grills as well..they might even cut it for you..they cut 2 pieces for me..look !
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid61/pa5cf27e84b0a91e4aefc8eaacd01a5a4/fc240c57.jpg)
as for those grill cloth thing,I honeslty dont like em.
The grill cloth dont look right ! :P
radio shack carries them but you have to order.like you go to your local radioshack and order and you wait like a week.
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if you can't find something that's specifically for audio, a fairly light mesh should do just fine. you could probably get some at a fabric store...or i guess you could cut up some old shorts...
but really, i agree with snaaake. a metal grill will last you YEARS longer. Most of the time, at work, our speaker cloths are worn out within a few months of hitting the sales floor.
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If you're going to mount this "externally" you can forget the cloth, it'll never look correct.
Suggest you look into Nylon Screening (like they sell to re-do your screen doors and windows), you can get it in a black mesh....).....if you want to just cover up some ugly speaker holes (as I do), consider 6" or 8" Plastic speaker "covers" available from Partsexpress and other places online.
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I've requested speaker grills from the guys who install for Circuit City and they've given me some they had lying around.
Also, I used gutter covers (not sure what they're called) from Lowes. I painted them black and put them in front of the speakers to protect the cones.
Rocky