Sopra No. 3 speaker grilles - on or off?
I'm curious as to whether you folks listen with the speaker grilles on or off. I find the sound of my new Sopra No. 3's is noticeably more transparent with the grilles removed.
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with them off. I noticed it when I had the 1038be also. Midrange cover off. I always left the tweeter cover on because i was scared something would happen to the driver so Im glad the Sopra cover is made to stay on the tweeter.
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My lowly ARs sound noticeably better without grilles in place. As I see it, covers are for convenience (of dusting etc), not quality sound.
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In the past I had the 1037be, Tweeters/Mid range, I took the covers off, for the woofers I kept the covers on. Sometimes I thought I heard a difference in favour for the covers off, but difference was marginal (at the time)
My decision to keep the covers off was mainly based on a review where they did measurement with the covers on/off --> advise was off (I will see if I can find that review again with the measurements) |
Aesthetics-wise, grills off. All day, everyday! Not a fan of hiding these gorgeous 'W' cone drivers!
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My grilles never came near the speakers, they look too good as is.
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I’ve always listened to my 1028be2 with all covers off.
My Sopra2 with midrange and woofers off. Haven’t removed the Sopra tweeter cover yet but the day might come soon. |
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That said, I preferred my 1008Be IIs with the grills off. Tweeter included. |
Rumor has it the Sopra was designed/voiced with the tweeter grill on.
Decide for yourself, I plan to try both ways for comparison. |
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