DBL foam grills replacement

Posted by: Emil F on 21 June 2018

Maybe it's time to change the DBL grills. What is considered now a fair replacement?

Have you experienced sonic differences?

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by tonym

Tom-Tom Audio are now marketing sets of new DBL foams. Quite pricey, but not in the context of these speakers.

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Franz K

Hallo Emil,

Has been some time, do you still have your original DBL grills or did they decompose meanwhile?

Greetings, F

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by FangfossFlyer

Talking about foam grills reminds me that I saw a nice pair of black ash Linn Isobarik speakers in The Sound Org (York) which some lucky customer had just bought. 

Richard

 

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Emil F
tonym posted:

Tom-Tom Audio are now marketing sets of new DBL foams. Quite pricey, but not in the context of these speakers.

Most probably this will be my choice.

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Emil F
Franz K posted:

Hallo Emil,

Has been some time, do you still have your original DBL grills or did they decompose meanwhile?

Greetings, F

Hallo Franz,

Yes, these are the original grills, about 15 years old. What a timing, both upper grills came unstuck 15-20 cm two days ago.  I can see, that on some places the foam is changing its structure slightly, but I guess grills could be used for some time. 

Gruss,

Emil

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Mario

There is also an American manufacturer that makes dbl.'foam speaker grills'

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Suzy Wong

There's a chap on fleabay who does grilles for SBLs & SL2s. he might be able to knock some up for you

Posted on: 21 June 2018 by Geko

I think Tom Tom only make grills for SBL's? If you want proper accurate DBL grills the best ones will have to come from the US and I think they are about £500?

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by Franz K
Emil F posted:
Franz K posted:

Hallo Emil,

Has been some time, do you still have your original DBL grills or did they decompose meanwhile?

Greetings, F

Hallo Franz,

Yes, these are the original grills, about 15 years old. What a timing, both upper grills came unstuck 15-20 cm two days ago.  I can see, that on some places the foam is changing its structure slightly, but I guess grills could be used for some time. 

Gruss,

Emil

Hi Emil

Good to see you around still. My grills start to show some signs of desintegration on some edges too. Coincidentally I was informed just recently that TomTom provides dbl grills too. Sooner or later I’ll need to get some replacements too. 

Many greetings, maybe we’d meet again at some point, cheers ...f

Posted on: 22 June 2018 by Emil F
Franz K posted:
Emil F posted:
Franz K posted:

Hallo Emil,

Has been some time, do you still have your original DBL grills or did they decompose meanwhile?

Greetings, F

Hallo Franz,

Yes, these are the original grills, about 15 years old. What a timing, both upper grills came unstuck 15-20 cm two days ago.  I can see, that on some places the foam is changing its structure slightly, but I guess grills could be used for some time. 

Gruss,

Emil

Hi Emil

Good to see you around still. My grills start to show some signs of desintegration on some edges too. Coincidentally I was informed just recently that TomTom provides dbl grills too. Sooner or later I’ll need to get some replacements too. 

Many greetings, maybe we’d meet again at some point, cheers ...f

Yes, Franz, this will be nice.

I ordered the grills from TomTom. I’ll give some feedback, when they arrive and if it’s not against the forum rules.

Best wishes,

Emil

 

 

 

 

Posted on: 23 June 2018 by Richard Dane

Emil, please do. I'm sure that if James is behind them and they meet his standards then they'll be excellent.

Posted on: 23 June 2018 by Emil F

Thanks, Richard! I’ll do it.

Posted on: 06 July 2018 by Emil F
I've got the grills yesterday. They are very good, the speakers look like new.  The grills don’t have a bad smell.
 
There is a change in the sound, too. They brought back texture and some other things. It seems, that the sound became a little thinner in the last 2-3 years and I compensated this by playing with the cartridge setup - increasing tracking weight and decreasing bolts torque settings. Now back to 1,95g and 0,30Nm.
 
Many thanks to James at Tom Tom Audio!
Posted on: 06 July 2018 by Franz K

Thanks Emil for your update. It’s good to hear the new dbl grills are worthwhile. I may follow soon on this path.

kr f 

Posted on: 06 July 2018 by tonym

Yes, good to know Emil, thanks for the feedback. Mine are OK for now, but they're developing that slightly dusty feel.