David, thanks so much. 

Would you say it is odd that the swapped part is actually an older part and in poorer condition? 

Let me illustrate what I mean some more:

Here you find the 'right' speaker (highlighted in green), which shows the cable I mentioned (David, I dont think this is the sync cable as it has some 10pin connector on one end where it feeds into the speaker near the sync cable port, and feeds in the bottom of the speaker on the other end. Also note the general state of the cooling ribbons which I would say is very neat.

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Then the 'other' speaker (in red), which has the different mains plug. Note the state of the ribbons (which has some of the covering come off). Also note that the cable now appears to randomly feed into the speaker underneath the cover on the left hand side, rather than being fed through this hole in the middle.

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Any thoughts to what this cable is, where it is going to on the 'other' speaker and why it would have been routed differently on the one that has the different mains?

That cable is for the calibration microphone that is located in the bottom of the speaker.

Have you tested it to check if it is working properly?

Thanks for clearing that up.

I havent tested that at home, but was shown how that worked in the store (it worked on both speakers).That was approximately a week ago. 

I tried to turn them on today but I dont have a beo4 at hand and apparently I could not get my Logitech Harmony to actually turn them on.

Perhaps they've reset to option 0 when plugged off and transported, I know in the store they were set to option 1 as a Bluesound was hooked up and Beo4 controlled the volume.

Would you say it is odd that on the image with the red, it appears to be routed differently? 

Also some thoughts on the apparent chassis swap for an older unit?

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The cable should not be visible in the bottom of the unit. In my speaker, it goes right through a metal fin where the mic is located, much like your green speaker. Login to view image

Does that mean that you dont see that cavle at all when you take that cable cover off? 

Can you perhaps post a picture with the cover off, with the same angle as my ‘green’ photo?

thanks so muxh, this is very helpful. 

Regarding the heatsink grill, yes, it looks bad. I've seen that happening before due to the use of acid cleaning products. The only way to amend that is painting the piece again...

Where will your place your speaker? If the back part is going to face a wall, then that's not a problem...

I will put them quite close to a back wall, and one of them more or less in a corner. So wont be viaible really.  

Its odd nonetheless. I still dont quite get why, if this was a chassis swap, was an older unit (wth older type plugs) lut in, in muxh poorer condition?

i can jnderstand b&o work wirh a part exchange basis, but would they really put a unit in that ia older and looked poorer?

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Hi Putzgrilous, is this the original B&O sync cable? Looks pretty thick.

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Putzgrilous, thanks for all you input and photos. Your speaker appears to be the same as my 'green' one in terms of the microphone cabling.

I acquired a Beo4 and got the speakers working. They sound great!

I've noted that, while both speakers respond to volume changes, only the speaker with the 'proper' power supply blinks green on volume change. The 'wrong' speaker does shine green when turned on, shines red when off, though does not blink on volume change. It does react to the Beo4 and changes volume accordingly.

Could this be linked to the main chassis apparently being swapped? have anybody seen this happen before?

Thanks again!