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Buy Sell Trade Audio Equipment => Looking for something special? => Topic started by: gdv on September 26, 2014, 02:50:35 PM
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I'm looking for an ECONOMICAL source for foam speaker grills... Maybe something like this... http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLYTONE-FOAM-SPEAKER-GRILL-or-GRILLE-NEW-NOS-Factory-Original-/291026464631?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43c2876f77 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLYTONE-FOAM-SPEAKER-GRILL-or-GRILLE-NEW-NOS-Factory-Original-/291026464631?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43c2876f77)
or the JBL type/style foams... There may NOT be a economical foam grill, just checking, as I have not found any yet... Dimensions are: 17-3/4" high x 8-3/4" wide...
I picked up a free set of speakers for a give away system and don't want to spend $100 for the foam grills... :laugh:
thanks!!!
George
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You can always spray-paint some eggcrate... You didn't say it had to look good!
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You can always spray-paint some eggcrate... You didn't say it had to look good!
I doubt egg crate is very acoustically transparent.
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You can always spray-paint some eggcrate... You didn't say it had to look good!
I doubt egg crate is very acoustically transparent.
Especially painted.
Two possibilities...
1. You may find something cheap at the Army Navy store on Bus 22 in Monroeville. I bought some foam there once a while back.
2. Check hardware stores for generic HVAC "pre-filter" material. If you find a sheet big enough, it is cheap and works pretty well.
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You can always spray-paint some eggcrate... You didn't say it had to look good!
I doubt egg crate is very acoustically transparent.
I agree... Eggcrate is NOT acoustically transparent... And painting it would make it even less so... and for the record, I would like it to look OK...
George
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joann fabrics sells black grill cloth. one of the ladies working there knew exactly what i wanted and guided me right to it. you can then make a frame out of thin dowel rods
and stretch the fabric over the frame and glue it tight.
i did this on a set of "Fourier 6" speakers a decade ago. looked pretty damn good.
i held the frame on with velcro