Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: SuperDud on September 11, 2006, 11:36:03 AM
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Can I put my tower next to my subwoofer? I know if my monitor gets within 2 feet of it the magnitism screws up the picture and will eventually break it. Will a sub also hurt a tower?
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No.:D
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Not a good idea superdud. The magnets in subwoofers will do bad things to the data on your hard drives.
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Have subwoofer 1ft away from tower. Never had any problems.
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From what I have read two feet goes for the tower too. The sub woofer can mess with the optics for your cd/dvd drives I think. Also, it stands to reason if your tower is vibrating because of radiated sub sonic frequency's, so are your integrated circuits. I used to do PA work for rock bands and when I would tested my sound sound system in my house, the sub frequencys would blow out all the light bulbs.
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Best to put it on the floor under the desk. Keeps it 2 feet away (if tower is on desk) but still works.
I have my tower on the floor. I use Boston Digital 2.1 BA735 speakers (just like these, but these aren't mine (http://cgi.ebay.com/BOSTON-ACOUSTICS-DIGITAL-BA735-2-1-SPEAKER-SYSTEM-WOW_W0QQitemZ120026826321QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3702QQcmdZViewItem)), and my subwoofer is about 1 to 1.5 feet from the case. I don't have problems with chips failing or HDs being wiped.Then again I have a metal case around a metal frame, that might help block the magnetic field from my HDs
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I have a big subwoofer, that's why I'm concerned. It's a full sized 5.1 system with the sub weighting 30-40lbs. Right now I have my tower off to the side, well away of everything. I had it there while I was building it but am going to move it back to my desktop here in a bit. There's a nice little spot under my desk by my sub I could place it, but I guess I better not. I'll jus stick it above my monitor on one of the shelves.
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why not put the sub back to where it was where you could sit on it?
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Originally posted by Furball
why not put the sub back to where it was where you could sit on it?
Sounds like a flashback to the Howard Stern movie.... woom woom woom.
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you put my 15in pyles anywere near a pc or a monitor/tv and they will toast it faster then you can say ... Spitfire...
at 5 feet from the tv they can pull the colours on the screen .:D
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Living in close proximity to such strong magnetic fields cannot be good for prolonged health. I'd try to figure a way to trap the magetic field inside the speakers if I were you (some sort or metal mesh inside the case of the speaker?)