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Cheap speaker grill/cover???
Rick:
I went to our local Fabricland and bought speaker cloth. It cost $10/metre, and comes in a bunch of colours.
transfan:
Great ideas folks. Any ideas for a metal-type grill, as opposed to a cloth?
ragnar:
car speaker covers are a good choice. How big are the covers that you need? You might be able to get cheap car speakers at Wal Mart (or EBay) which can be used for the casings (gut the actual speaker).
The thing is, with cloth you don't see the inside of the cabinet. With a metal grill, it has small holes and hte inside becomes visible to some extent.
Rick:
--- Quote from: ragnar on August 30, 2010, 01:53:28 pm ---The thing is, with cloth you don't see the inside of the cabinet. With a metal grill, it has small holes and hte inside becomes visible to some extent.
--- End quote ---
This is true, and I'll append on that using multiple layers of speaker cloth will give you an even more opaque look. I recently completed a fireplace build with an integrated media bay hidden behind some white speaker cloth, and needed two layers so that you couldn't see inside the enclosure. (That being said, black is usually much better for opacity than white.)
garnerb350:
When i was stripping a Universal Mr Do cab the speaker grill ( the actual board ) was wrapped in cloth...
On my Mame cab i went to walmart and bought cheap speakers (4 inch) and I had some black felt ( craft section of walmart)...I then cut out the felt to fit inside the grill...took black thread and sewn it to the grill(keep it in place)... I love it...cant see the speakers...
You might can ride by a best buy and ask if they have any unused speaker grills ( there in the back where they do the car/stereo installations) they might can give em to ya...
Another way if ya want is route you some holes (like the speaker on Donkey Kong)
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