I need to replace the covers on my speaker grill?

Question

I have the old Bose 901's Series IV. Is there anything special that needs to be done?

Answer 1

Are you talking about the loose weave cloth on the outside of the speaker boxes? If so, "speaker grill cloth" is available fairly widely in a range of colours/weave patterms. Prpoer speaker grill cloth is supposed to be acoustically transparent or at worst to cut sound transmission more or less equally across the whole audible range.

If you want you can buy a length of grill cloth of a suitable colour (here's your chance to change it if you want) and replace the existing stuff on the forms (assuming there is one). You could also just use some loose weave fabric from a fabric store ... but risk it blocking some frequencies more than others (probably treble more than bass) and "colouring" the sound.

Alternatively, you can take the purist audiophile approach and simply remove the grills ... and tell everyone it is to ensure minimal colouration of the music.

Answer 2

They may sound better without them.The first thing i did with my speakers was to remove the covers .The sound was slightly clearer.