DS-21,
Thanks for the feedback.
I can press the rings into the speaker until they clearly bottom out, but they just spring back and act as if there is no retention mechanism.

This occurs on both rings around the bottom 1/4 to 1/2 circle.
I just assumed that they were somewhat bounded since neither ring attempted to stay in place after being forced back.
At this point, I have two thoughts:
1) Hopefully it's a fluke issue where the tolerance stack ups didn't work out. Manufacturing issues can happen at anytime. (Happening to both speakers doesn't bode well, but things happen)
2) If Kef believed the ring could simply be pressed back into place, they didn't even ask me to mess with the speaker. Their attitude from the start was to replace them without question. So far, their customer service has been really good.
