Mine and others who were complaining had a brown paper with an adhesive back...alien glue was used to keep it on...I imagine most of the scratches came from me using a fingernail (and I don't have much) to remove the glue backed paper...sounds like the cured the problem...still sounds great though.
Bill
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Outlaw 1070***3 Klipsch Heresy ll Mains**Klipsch KLF-C7 Center***Klipsch KSP-S6 Rears***Oppo BDP-83***Outlaw LFM-1 Plus***
Nakamichi TA-3A Stereo Tuner Amp***Klipsch RB-5s***Outlaw Audio M8***
...Let the Movies and Music Play...