{"id":70286,"date":"2015-05-27T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=70286"},"modified":"2016-09-14T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T15:36:12","slug":"speaker-covers-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/speaker-covers-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Do You Take the Grill Covers Off Your Speakers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently purchased a new pair of speakers, and have found myself asking a question that never seemed applicable before: Should I leave the speakers on display in my room with the grill covers on or off? What do you do?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I&#8217;ve seen plenty of photos of home theater rooms where the owners removed the speaker grill covers to show off the tweeters and woofers. I never did this myself because\u2026 well\u2026 none of the speakers I ever owned previously looked very attractive with the covers off. But now I&#8217;ve bought a pair of nice towers, and I&#8217;m a little torn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen.jpg\" alt=\"Speakers at Screen\" title=\"Speakers at Screen\" width=\"660\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speakers-at-Screen-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, I kind of like the looks of these towers when I can see all the horns. On the other hand, do I really want the speakers to draw attention to themselves, or is it better to let them disappear into the room as much as possible so that a viewer&#8217;s eyes are drawn to the movie screen?<\/p>\n<div class=\"side-by-side\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speaker-with-Cover1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Speaker with cover\" alt=\"Speaker with cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speaker-with-Cover1.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speaker-without-Cover1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Speaker without cover\" alt=\"Speaker without cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Speaker-without-Cover1.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, my wife says she likes them with the covers left on, but she doesn&#8217;t much care either way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-651\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_651\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_651_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"2de225e6f3\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do You Take the Grill Covers Off Your Speakers?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-651-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9471\" name=\"poll_651\" value=\"9471\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9471\">Yes, I like to see the tweeters and woofers.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9472\" name=\"poll_651\" value=\"9472\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9472\">No, I prefer to keep my speakers covered up.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9473\" name=\"poll_651\" value=\"9473\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9473\">It's not much of a choice for me. My speakers look really ugly without the covers.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-9474\" name=\"poll_651\" value=\"9474\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-9474\">I don't want to see the speakers at all. 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