Irison ray

Thx to all of the replies to my questions... I called Klipsch this morning and confirmed the full inspection label treatment to include inspection signature, serial# and product/model info. The tech I spoke with said he doubts that their equip.is being counterfieted/reproduced. Anyway, I have notified the merchant and will send the sub back for a refund. I will purchase my sub elsewhere. ------------------ ir GEAR: Yamaha AV HTR5460 Yamaha CD Burner Yamaha CDC 735 Denon DR-M12HX Tape Deck Panasonic DVD-RV32 Klipsch RF-5's Klipsch RC-3 Klipsch Heresy II's Klipsch RSW 10 MIT cables

Long time Klipsch fan and first time sub owner... My question is, are there any differences (manufacture year) in the authentic klipsch inspection lables that are applied to the backs of the speaker/subwoofer cabinets? I recently purchased RF5's, RC3 and RSW10 via online merchant. The speakers and subwoofer sounded great,but the subwoofer had a screw on the back that appeared to have been stripped and was broken off. The klipsch inspection label on the back matched those of the speakers (Serial#, and inpected by all printed on the label). Called merchant and returned for replacement, no problems. Received new RSW10 today, and noticed that the Klipsch inspection label was not the same as the previous one. This one looked like the other but was smaller and did not have the Serial#, and inpected by printed on the label. The label was smaller and had a separate Serial# sticker (silver) placed at top of this label. No inspected by information at all. Thus the question of model year of manufacture or an issue of product authenticity. Any information on this matter appreciated. Thx ------------------ ir