On 8 Sep 2003 16:06:12 GMT, razak & william
wrote:

Please forgive me if what I am about to ask seems like a silly question,
but I have to know what speaker grilles are really for? They can't be
for protection because the soft fabric that is normally used for speaker
grillles wouldn't be very effective in buffering any impact. They can't
be for keeping out the dust and mositure because the fabric is porous
enough to filter tea leaves. So what are speaker grilles for, ......

Appearance and to deter the poking fingers of the curious. Otherwise,
unnecessary.

......and why
are they made the way they are usually made, out of soft fabric and
flimsy frames?

To get out of the way of the sound as much as possible.

Kal