speakers/magnets

[soundtest]

i've got these speakers that are most definitely not magnetically shileded... when i put them directly beside my monitor the screen slightly distorts and gains a reddish haze. i moved them a little further away now and i no longer see any type of effect visually.. but how far away is safe? i'm running out of desktop real-estate and until i buy some sort of shelving solution, they pretty much have to stay there. also, they are pretty close to my laptop as well... does the same thing affect LCD's? and i'm guessing this is probably not good for hard disks as well? fuck :sleep

[MetalMilitia]

You want to keep 'em quite far away from screens, Hard drives, diskettes etc.
About 10 or so inches should be enough. :/

Or you could try shielding them yourself... mabey wrap them in aluminium foil or some such stuff.

[AChimp]

Magnets don't really effect hard drives. Your HD has a really strong magnet insde it already, so if that doesn't fuck it up, small speakers won't.

Just move the speakers away from the monitor until the distortion disappears, and you should be fine. You can't really break the monitor with magnetic interference as far as I know; you're just disrupting the electron flow. It shouldn't effect LCD monitors, since they work completely differently.

[soundtest]

awesome - thanks man

i didn't think the LCD would be affected, but better to be safe than sorry.

[Raize]

I've found the best place for a subwoofer is between your thighs.