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LCD TV and Non-Magnetically Sheilded Speakers
by charlie7171 - 3/7/08 7:30 AMI've heard that Plasma and LCD telivisions are not affected by non-magnetically shielded speakers. If this is true, no problem. If not, how far away from the TV should the speakers be placed so they do not affect the electronics of the telivison?
Also, what is a good rule of thumb for sub size as it relates to room volume? Looking for good, better, best advice.
Thanks!
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by batman823 - 3/7/08 9:21 AM In reply to: LCD TV and Non-Magnetically Sheilded Speakers by charlie7171Any electronic device can be affected by Electro-Magnetic Interference(EMI)
In short, no. LCD TVs and Plasma TVs will not be affected by any speaker without magnetic shields. The rear projection TVs won't have any issues either.
Explanation
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With home equipment, you will almost never see any problem with speakers causing interference.
The only time I've seen it was with some family. They had a large sound system with the biggest speakers next to the TV. They used "rabbit ears" for free broadcast. This had noticeable problems with TV signal only when the volume was high.
All our cables have shielding under the rubber case and are not affected by small magnetic fields from speakers.
The screen itself will not be affected. Only the old glass tube style had sensitivity to magnets because they actually used electron ray guns to light up the front of the tube.
The magnet would pull the electrons and distort the picture before it would hit the screen. They could also permanently distort the receptors on the front. But that's only with the old tube style.
larger sub size is always better
by jostenmeat - 3/7/08 9:26 AM In reply to: LCD TV and Non-Magnetically Sheilded Speakers by charlie7171but a good idea is to call some sub companies and see what they recommend. Hey, the advice is free. one instance of a sub company, HSU, sorta has a chart for this stuff:
http://www.hsuresearch.com/subwoofers.html
look at the right, for volume ratings, and if you search their site, you know what they mean.
what are the dimensions and volume of your room?
just how many threads do you plan on starting with varying topics of audio? 
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by charlie7171 - 3/7/08 11:03 AM In reply to: larger sub size is always better by jostenmeatYou got me...well done! Actually, I was asking (this time) for a freind since he dosen't have access to a computer at the moment. You probably won't hear from me for awhile since I'll be busy hooking up my new HT system in the next few day's. Thanks for all of your (and you other's out there)insight and help though!!
It been fun getting back into the audio game again!!
Magnetic Speakers
by mwooge - 3/7/08 7:45 PM In reply to: LCD TV and Non-Magnetically Sheilded Speakers by charlie7171> how far away from the TV should the speakers be
> placed so they do not affect the electronics of the telivison?
Asia should be far enough.
The magnets in a speaker won't affect your TV, short of throwing them at it. It might affect a CRT monitor if you push one against the screen, though a quick test just now showed no effect.
Don't worry about the magnets in your speakers. If it were a problem, everyone would know and you wouldn't have to post a message here.
mwooge
by charlie7171 - 3/8/08 7:08 AM In reply to: Magnetic Speakers by mwoogeI'm not worried wooge.
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by froasier - 3/20/08 11:57 AM In reply to: Magnetic Speakers by mwoogeYou must have some weak magnets... having a medium to large speaker within one foot or less of a CRT monitor/TV causes obvious distortion in the image. I've done it, numerous times. LCDs should be fine though.
My question is, should I worry about putting my hard drive too close to unshielded speakers??
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