Quote Originally Posted by pj- View Post
If the ribbon is that fragile, is it recommended to keep the speaker grilles on? I'm not talking about careless finger pokes, but if I walk by and my shirt grazes the thing, could it get damaged?
Hi pj, while the ribbon itself is delicate, it is protected behind a metal mesh screen and cannot be directly contacted. The danger to the ribbon is in being affected by a vacuum as the protective paper cover is removed. If the paper cover is simply pulled off, the force of the vacuum has been shown to potentially damage the ribbon. If one is careful to slide the paper cover off, then there is no risk to the ribbon. Once the cover is slid off the tweeter, you can choose to keep the grilles on or off.