Loneshark

Okay, time for the stupid question....school me. I have a Velodyne 10 inch subwoofer in the same system as my Fortes. I understand that diameter difference may explain why the 12 inch woofer on the Fortes won't move as much as the 10 on the subwoofer. I know the Fortes are producing some bass when on my receiver they are set to "large" but the Fortes don't generate enough bass to cover general music needs unless the power supplied is high. In my mind, excursion is proportional to noise output (not counting in to effect that different frequencies have different excursion measurements. I understand that though) and I'm wondering if it is normal for the Fortes' 12s to have almost no excursion. Would replacing the caps or xovers help this?

Whoops okay, we had a miscommunication. The cup is square, the posts are round. 8 ohm. magnetic grills. 1989 seems to be the date most are thinking here but why would they change the way their tag looks or how they code the serial number for that year?

The binding posts are round and the speakers runs 8 ohms. Thanks for the help guys. Is there no place on the inside of the cabinet where the manufacture date is stamped?

I had previously gotten that far, but thanks for the confirmation.

Hello all! I'm a long time lurker but just now signed up because I had time and the will to open up the back of my Forte II's. I have always wanted to know the year of my speakers but never could understand the labels on the back corner of each speaker - despite reading numerous articles of how to interpret the numbers. My labels don't seem to match any configuration described in those articles. So in my questioning, I decided to go inside and see if anything was labeled like my KT-LCR is on its components. I hope someone can lend help and tell me what the manufacturing date was and anything else they might see. To the best of my knowledge, they are original components which makes me wonder about the crossovers but the speakers certainly sound fine. I'm not sure what I would be gaining in replacing the caps or crossovers all together.