Wharfedale Diamond 10.7 speaker grill replacement

[Bhaskar2008]

Hello, Anybody can point me how to get Wharfedale Diamond speaker front Grill replaced? Any body sell it individually? Thanks in advance.

 

[Bhaskar Jyoti Talapatra]

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BHASKAR

 

[Naturelover]

Welcome to the forum Bhaskar.
What is the issue with the grill?. Is it the cloth, the tabs?

 

[elangoas]

Hello, Anybody can point me how to get Wharfedale Diamond speaker front Grill replaced? Any body sell it individually? Thanks in advance.

If it is the cloth, then get any acoustically transparent cloth (black) from nearby textile store and you can cover the grille again.. Chiffon (saree) material is fairly transparent and thinnest material, could be used for the same.. Shouldn't cost more than Rs 250..

 

[Bhaskar2008]

Thanks. It is not only cloth but frame also damaged.

 

[ranojoy]

Which part of the frame is damaged exactly ? Can you give some details ?
I had an issue with the grill of the Wharfedale 9.0. The 4 attachment lugs had broken off. So I bought some 1 inch wide black elastic roll from Amazon, cut off the appropriate length, clipped the two ends of the elastic together with staples and wrapped it around the speaker. It holds the grill in place and looks nice too.
Since the 9.0s are quite small, I needed only one elastic band per speaker. Bigger speakers will require 2 elastic bands of course .....

 

[Bhaskar2008]

Tab rubber worn out and whole grill fall couple of times. As a result the Woden frame which cloth is fitted has been broken at 2 edges. Fixed it with mseal but looking if whole cloth and grill set can be ordered.

 

[nuvo]

Which part of the frame is damaged exactly ? Can you give some details ?
I had an issue with the grill of the Wharfedale 9.0. The 4 attachment lugs had broken off. So I bought some 1 inch wide black elastic roll from Amazon, cut off the appropriate length, clipped the two ends of the elastic together with staples and wrapped it around the speaker. It holds the grill in place and looks nice too.
Since the 9.0s are quite small, I needed only one elastic band per speaker. Bigger speakers will require 2 elastic bands of course .....

I have the same problem. Lugs broken for both speakers. Can you please post picture of this arrangement.

 

[ranojoy]

Unfortunately, I'm on an assignment to a different city and I've temporarily relocated without my HT gear. So I can't show you any pics. I'll do the next best thing by attaching a hand drawing of what I had done.
You may need to use 2 or 3 strips positioned between the drivers, so that sound output is not affected.
You can easily buy these strips on Amazon. They are mostly used for stitching clothes.

 

[alpha1]

bought some 1 inch wide black elastic roll from Amazon, cut off the appropriate length, clipped the two ends of the elastic together with staples and wrapped it around the speaker. It holds the grill in place and looks nice too.

But wont it have an effect on the sound?
Two reasons for my question:
1) rubber has a different sound dampening as well as dispersion characteristics compared to fine cloth mesh
2) a rubber strip in front of the speakers plane (not directly over the speaker, but is placed in front) will act like a small baffle, causing additional reflections and diffraction

 

[ranojoy]

But wont it have an effect on the sound?
Two reasons for my question:
1) rubber has a different sound dampening as well as dispersion characteristics compared to fine cloth mesh
2) a rubber strip in front of the speakers plane (not directly over the speaker, but is placed in front) will act like a small baffle, causing additional reflections and diffraction

You have to make sure that these strips fall between the individual drivers. See my attached pic.
Once you do that, I think the differences, it at all, would be negligible.

I had used this technique on small bookshelves less than 12 inches in height, which were being used as surrounds. The Wharfedale 9.0s have only 2 drivers, so just one strip placed between the tweeter and the tiny woofer was enough to hold the grill in place.