Speaker Protection from little fingers

I hate to sound like a d***, but you really should have bought speakers that come with grills...

I think you put the good stuff out of the reach of the kids and at least threaten massive problems should they ever touch it. I'm mean that way.

I've had some speakers that came with metal grills (Cambridge Soundworks, on a shelf somewhere). DIY afterwards might not be so clean and could interfere with the sound (but that's gotta be better than fingers ).

It's the only way I think; or you can try to tell the kids what you worry about your speakers, they may understand, en, maybe

Ah yes, I will be running into that soon myself with a 1 yr old. My paradigm titans are on stands and thats going to be a huge issue for me

Have a paint gun handy. They touch your speaker and they get it on full auto!

Teach your children well,
Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you'll know by.

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

Sorry I'm going through this same thing with my 17m old daughter..


Djoel

I would pack them up and bring them out in four years... I waited until my kids were old enough before I replaced my ht setup... Only to be sabotaged by a neighbors kid, who decided at 4 years to stick his finger into my tweeter on my paradigm studio cc690 center... $400 later... Btw.. The grill was attached.

Either put them on stands/pedestals or pack them.

I would think 15,000 volts (no current!) applied to the aforementioned mesh should do it. It'd take maybe a couple of 'lessons' and you could then remove the offending voltage. No further 'instruction' should be necessary!

Experiment with a small piece of perforated steel screen to find out how much it affects sound quality. If it sounds good enough, then use that--it may be the only effective option, as even speakers that are mounted out of reach, for example, can fall victim to flying objects.

Spanking.

Exactly. Not too much of course, but enough for them to remember that if they touch the speakers they will feel a bit of pain. It works.

I mounted mine above my 1.5 yr olds head to where he can't reach them. But my poor sub has had so many toys dropped inside! I plan on upgrading anyways, but I think I'll wait until our one on the way is old enough to know better. Good luck with a solution.

If I tell them not to touch something, then I expect them not to touch it. If they touch your speaker that's being disobedient, not curious.

Do you even have kids? A 1.5 yr old who constantly does the opposite of what they're told isn't because they are being disobedient. In all actuality it's considered a development milestone , no ****. Also I don't think the OP was looking for patenting advice, but I may have misread the title.

Being curious is one thing. Going back time after time becomes obstinate behavior at some point. I still like my idea of a few thousand volts - the child doesn't associate you with the shock - which doesn't harm them - and it teaches a valuable lesson - when mom/dad say don't - watch out! You may get something you didn't expect. How valuable is that?

Wish I'd have thought of this years ago when my kids were young - I might still have a few pairs of speakers that little fingers destroyed.

All kidding aside - attaching grilles with small brackets or even some super glue that will come off with the proper force might save your speakers. I'd look into getting some grilles then attach them in a manner that makes it difficult to take off. As long as you never blow them yourself there'd be no need to remove them anyway. I think I'm more worried about kids pulling big speakers over on themselves. I put wood platforms on a pair of tower speakers I had years ago to prevent either of the kids from pulling them over on themselves. This didn't prevent one of them punching in the 8" drivers on both speakers one day - one more pair done in. Got bookshelf speakers after that and placed them up high in a bookcase where probing fingers could not easily reach.

Yep... Sure do...

You turn them around and face the corner! - Works every time.

(the speakers that is.. not the kids... lol)

Yes I do. I was assuming the children were old enough to understand what the word "no" means. To the OP: Can you get them high enough that the kids can't get to them and then secure the speakers to the wall with a strap so they can't be pulled over?

I had the same problem I got heavy duty mesh and shaped it around my speaker as te grill, as my baby stuck his finger on the factory grill and could touch my
Speaker cone