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JonnyBoy:
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?

Kremmit:
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.

JonnyBoy:
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?

Kremmit:
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.

JonnyBoy:
Killer, thanks a bunch!

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