kal bee Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 I have a pair of 1985 Klipsch forte speakers . The paper tags on thr back are gone . I opened one up , inside is a papper tag with a serial # only 4 # . On the speakers in red paint is the same . The speaker on the back has NO wiring at all . Are they fake . Kal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 hours ago, kal bee said: I have a pair of 1985 Klipsch forte speakers . The paper tags on thr back are gone . I opened one up , inside is a papper tag with a serial # only 4 # . On the speakers in red paint is the same . The speaker on the back has NO wiring at all . Are they fake . Kal Can you post pictures? The tags fall off all of the time and yes, the rear passives should not have wires on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 how do you know they are even supposed to be Fortes if you can't identify them without a paper label? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winglet Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 7:22 PM, kal bee said: I have a pair of 1985 Klipsch forte speakers . The paper tags on thr back are gone . I opened one up , inside is a papper tag with a serial # only 4 # . On the speakers in red paint is the same . The speaker on the back has NO wiring at all . Are they fake . Kal Post up a pic. The ‘speaker’ on the back is the passive radiator. It won’t have a wire… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff. Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 @kal bee, welcome to the forum. The speaker with no wires is a passive radiator, they are used instead of ports to lower the cabinet tuning. Cheers, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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