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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: JonnyBoy on February 07, 2005, 03:24:23 pm
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Hey everybody. I am planning on making a control panel with the computer components built in so I can plug the CP straight into a TV. I also planned on hacking a set of computer speakers with a 5.25" set of Sony Xplod speakers. My worry is the speaker magnets may mess around with the computer components which will be in close proximity. Would a set of bucking magnets help me out? Will there even be any affects on the computer parts? What do you recommend I do?
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Bucking magnets are great for putting speakers next to monitors- but I don't know if you can count of perfect cancellation of magnetic fields in all directions. Which might be important if you're going to have your hard drive nearby.
A little magnetism near a monitor = you need to degauss.
A little magnetism near a hard drive = you've lost your hard drive!!
Maybe you should put an audio line-out on your controller next to the video out, and use the tv speakers, or home stereo. Or a headphone jack. Or build your Xplods into separate enclosures, that you could plug into your controller, but set far away.
Or, try it out anyway, it might work fine! :P I offer warnings and alternatives, but don't insist that I'm right.
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Yeah, I probably should just go with the audio line out. Is there some sort of connector that I can get to plug straight from the onboard audio to say, an RCA jack on a TV?
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Yup, it's about 2 bucks at Radio Shack for the adapter. Plus, you'll need a set of RCA cables long enough to reach. Just tell them you want a cable to go from your computer soundcard to your TV or home stereo, they should be able to help you out. It'll look like a headphone plug on one end, and have RCA plugs on the other end.
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Killer, thanks a bunch!
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A little magnetism near a monitor = you need to degauss.
A little magnetism near a hard drive = you've lost your hard drive!!
You got that 1/2 right. Hard drives are shielded, so you would need a *very* significant magnetic field to corrupt any data.
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You could always use some good old fashioned lead paint... ;D
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Or, try it out anyway, it might work fine! :P I offer warnings and alternatives, but don't insist that I'm right.
Peale, I guess it's a good thing I've got a disclaimer! :o
Honestly, I always heard magnets would murder my drive- another urban legend debunked!
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I've had computers next to LARGE magnets for many years. This one is hooked into the TV and stereo. The big speaker right next to it has a 15" sub in it. No shielding. Been there for almost two years. No data loss.
(Animal Planet is for the dogs, they actually watch it)
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i put two speakers within 6 inches of a hard drive in my first bartop...no issues
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You got that 1/2 right.
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Bulk Eraser? You in broadcast?
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Bulk Eraser?
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I used to be in radio- Bulk Erasers are fun! Put metal things on 'em, push the button, and watch 'em dance! We found out that if you put a paperclip up there, and just pop the button one time, the field would throw that sucker across the room.. we used to have distance competitions.