Was messing around in Sketchup with a mini speaker, 4in mid and 1 1/8 tweet, and had recessed the tweet in a shalow waveguide. Then i thought about the possibility of grille cloth. Only for aesthetics.
Pantyhose?
I'd need to recess the mid just enough that the rubber half roll cleared the baffle face. The top and bottom are just caps that are screwed on to the body of the speaker. The grille cloth is one leg/thigh of a pair of 5X pantyhose. Cut the hose into a pair of tubes and slide over the speaker. Light coat of spray adhesive on top and bottom holds the ends in place. Replace the panels to finish it off.
If fabric is ever damaged, or you just want a different 'look', it's cheaply and easily replaced. Hosiery is available in a range of colors, patterns, and opacity, and probably 99.9 pecent acoustically transparent.
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Just a bit embarising to buy thought, Leopard print grills anyone? I seem to remember "hose" was also recommended for radiator grills for OO (HO) scale trucks. I've generally used grill cloth from expired speakers, or bought it from Amazon (I wanted light grey).
The home theater builder guys have a lot of discussions about the various acoustically transparent cloth materials and black is the color of choice.