boomer9911 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm abit troubled trying to ID the year of these Hersey's and whether they are true Hersey or are the Hersey II's. What is throwing me off is the "Y" in the middle of the serial number and they are sequential numbers. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it, a sale depends on whether they are Hersey I's or II's, person who has them states 1980. Thanks for the help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaDude Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 The letter "Y" in the date code is a build year of 1983. The "HWL" stands for "Heresy Walnut Lacquer". The original Heresy was made until 1985 and the drivers were mounted behind the motorboard. The Heresy 2 started in 1985 as well, but the drivers were flush mounted from the front. You can Google "Klipsch Date Codes" which will pull up several links if you want to see a more complete history. There's also a post or two here in the forums with very detailed information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 The letter "Y" in the date code is a build year of 1983. The "HWL" stands for "Heresy Walnut Lacquer". The original Heresy was made until 1985 and the drivers were mounted behind the motorboard. The Heresy 2 started in 1985 as well, but the drivers were flush mounted from the front. You can Google "Klipsch Date Codes" which will pull up several links if you want to see a more complete history. There's also a post or two here in the forums with very detailed information. Thanks jpbusa I appreciate it, I was thinking that when I saw the "Y" . As you mentioned I did find one of the Data Codes but what threw me off was the seller first stated was 1989, well those are Hersey II's, then they stated they were 1980(had to ask them to send me a pic). By using this data code it narrowed it down for me but the ##Y#### made me unsure as there are ###Y### on these speakers. The column below it has A as 1962 through Y as 1983 (as you mentioned). Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaDude Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Here is the detailed link I was trying to find earlier... https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/93433-klipsch-heritage-codes-reference-data-v2-8-may-2008/#entry1205156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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