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Predicting The Effects Of Grille Cloth ??? [message #18138]

Wed, 31 August 2005 12:23

Ka7niq
Messages: 43
Registered: May 2009

Baron

Have any of you ever built a speaker and used grill cloth so thick you cant see through it w/o a flashlight ?
My friend just built some speakers, and he has the drivers hidden behind some really thick stuff, and covering the port as well!
Can this effect port tuning too ?
What might be a better grill cloth material to use ?
What, if anything, will relatively thick grille cloth do to sound/port tuning ?

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Re: Predicting The Effects Of Grille Cloth ??? [message #18139 is a reply to message #18138]

Wed, 31 August 2005 16:09

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18789
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

There may be a published absorption coefficient or sabins figure for the material. If so, using that and its position, you can predict what effect it will have. You could also use something like Speaker Workshop to measure the speaker with the grille on and off, and compare the difference.

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Thin Silk [message #18142 is a reply to message #18138]

Thu, 08 September 2005 22:54

GeneB
Messages: 1
Registered: May 2009

Esquire

I've settled on thin silk. About $12/yard. If you are artistic you can use water colors to add a fashon statement. If not, buy pre-dyed.

I build two curved aluminum rods, left/right, sew a loop on the end of the slik that slides onto the rods, and tenson the silk by pushing the ends of the Al rod into holes on the front baffle. Looks a little like the Revels.

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