Not everyone likes the aforementioned grill on the SVS SB2000, PB2000, and other up-market subs. I don't mind it and do appreciate how tough it is, but I have only two places in my room for a sub and the better one puts that grill on my SB2000 touching the left rear plinth of my left KEF R500 speaker.
A couple years ago SVS made a limited run of SB2000 in gloss white, and those had a traditional flat, fabric-covered grill. The smaller SB1000 always had it, now we see it on the 1" bigger box. Several pinged SVS to get those in black, or at least in white because it wouldn't be too hard to change it over. The SVS rep on the other forum said they only made a few extra, to account for any losses in warranty. No chance of them making black ones, Ed said.
After a few months of haranguing him, he relented and did send a drawing of the grill to a forum member in California, along with two sets of attachment pins and pressure-adhesive logo plates. I had started the thread saying I'd make some if I had the info, so that member did contact me. I got the drawing and hardware, and got to work. My son prepared stock by laminating to sheets of 1/2" MDF to make up the 1" thickness we couldn't buy locally.
I started by turning the 2-D drawing into a 3-D model on Solidworks CAD system at work. With the permission of my direct supervisor and his boss, I was able to use a CNC metalworking machine, a 1/4" carbide router bit, and a 5/8" corner-rounding cutter to make a couple. Every dimension is within 0.1mm of the print. Friday afternoon I clocked out early and got started, Saturday morning I went back and finished cutting. When I got home around 1pm, I painted them. Just today I put the finishing touches on by covering with fabric from SimplySpeakers.com and pounded in the barbed metal posts supplied by SVS. Here's the result of my efforts.
