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Shoegazer:
Hello:

Recently I purchased and assembled a SlikStik Classic cabinet - which is quite the bomb for anyone interested in top quality cabinets.  There are a few small issues I'm addressing, one of them being some distortion that appears on my monitor, which is the new Wells Gardner D9400.  The top-center of the screen "sags" as the screen is maybe 1/4-inch higher on the left and right sides than the center.  Also, the screen resolution is slightly fuzzier on the left and right-hand sides of the screen until maybe 3-4 inches inward (though it extends from top to bottom).

I believe this is being caused by intereference from the two Sony Xplod 5.25" speakers that are immediately above the monitor.  I've tried several DIY options to remove the intereference, such as putting two empty tuna-fish cans immediately over the top of the magnets, but it didn't seem to do much.  So I found this online:

http://www.lessemf.com/faq-shie.html#speakers

MagnetShield/JointShield seems to be a decent (though more costly) option to fix the problem, but I'm not quite sure if the monitor distortion is really related to EMI from the speakers or something else (a bad monitor?).  I'm interested in hearing if any of you have had this sort of problem before and what you are doing to address it.

Thanks,
Darren

http://nonmame.retrogames.com

BamBam:
Have you considered shielded replacement speakers.  I got a set of Klipcsh Pro media speakers in my cab and they only cost $70.00 (CDN)
I don't think I would want to leave the speakers near that nice monitor for long, or you may damage the monitor.

John
NightGod:
Have you tried moving the speakers to confirm that they are the source of the problem? I'd personally start there.
somunny:
Follow nightgod's advice and if that is your problem, I'd suggest picking up a pair of bucking magnets from Parts Express.  I have similar speakers to yours and the magnets fixed my problem.

Steve
AMDman13:
Yes bag those bucking magnets before you do major damage! It's well worth it!
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