Speakers close to a CRT monitor

[Leros]

I wanna get a cheap pair of 2.0 speakers to put on my desktop. They would have to be placed 2 inches or so from the sides of my monitor. Would that damage the monitor?

I know that CRT + magnet = discoloration

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Shouldn't be a problem with cheap little speakers.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It shouldn't. My cheap 2.0's are wedged right up against the front sides of the monitor and there's no problems at all.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Just give it a degauss every once in a while, like you should anyway, and all is good.

 

[Jeff7]

If they are labelled "magnetically shielded" you're fine.
Easy way to tell too - put them near the monitor. You'll see lots of discoloration if they are not shielded.

My Logitech Z-640 satellites are shielded, or else just REALLY weak - the center speaker is sitting on top of my monitor, and the two front satellites are to either side.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Are they 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Gigawatt speakers? If not, don't worry.

 

[Ronin]

1.21 Gigawatts?!?

 

[Arcanedeath]

If they are unsheild its a no no, but as long as they are shielded you should be fine.

 

[Sforsyth]

my sister had a pair od garbage cheap speakers and her kids would rub them on the monitors to see the pretty collors.

 

[Leros]

Are a cheap (<$10 locally) pair of speakers typically gonna be sheilded?

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, The magnets in the speakers won't actually damage the crt but will cause distortion in the picture. Bad distortion. That will be fixed the next time you power up the crt by the degausing circuits in the Monitor. You will have to move the speakers farther away if that happens. 2 inches is probably OK as it is another several inches into the case toward the back of the case to get to the crt. At the front it's only maybe 1 inch to the crt. Also magnetism decreases by the square of the distance so will be very weak in your case. Hope this helps, Jim

 

[ShadowBlade]

youre good no matter what if you have a monitor with a degauss feature

 

[akshayt]

altec lansing 251(the model with 45watts rms and not qith 60watts rms one) causes colouration or dis of th at

 

[AndrewZorn]

if they are not shielded, keep them away. degaussing the monitor every day is not good for it.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

1.21 gigawatts, as powerful as a lightning bolt.....

 

[AndrewZorn]

after teh corners of your monitor go purple, youll wish you had the delorean

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: AndrewZorn
if they are not shielded, keep them away. degaussing the monitor every day is not good for it.

Mine degausses every time it turns on.