are wireless speakers safe to use with a PC?

[carpeliam]

I got a pair of wireless speakers. Are they safe to use with my PC? I'm not sure exactly how the sheilding deal works here... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

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[Karl Blessing]

should be fine, are they made for PC? also shielding basically means that around the speakers, it supresses the magnets cmming out of it, like my Subwoofer, and Speaker set, the sattilites are shielded, the Subwoofer isnt, so its best to put the sub under my desk and away from monitors, and harddrives (besides Subwoofers belong on the floor) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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</a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>

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[carpeliam]

well I don't think they were made for the PC... but I'm not sure if they're magnetically shielded in any case. What might I be able to read that would imply one way or another? <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[Karl Blessing]

are they the headphone type Jacks for plug in, or is the end a larger Stereo Jacks, for stereo system, or is it two wires for stereo systems? <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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</a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>

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[Alt255]

Imotic,<br><br>Pass a compass by the speakers and see if it goes nuts. Or wave a speaker around the monitor and see if there is any distortion. Copy some files to a floppy, lay a speaker face up, lay the floppy on the speaker and blast away with some Mettalica or Stravinsky (whichever you prefer). Then run scandisk and see if the media is intact.<br><br>It shouldn't be too hard to find out how well they're shielded.<br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[carpeliam]

kb244, it's got several different jacks, actually... it comes equipped with a series of nice adapters. Which is great, primarily because I probably won't be using them much with my speakers. I love it when you buy something that has something that you don't need for that particular product but is essential (maybe more essential than the product itself) to something else entirely. For example, I had an old Sony discman (I think the ORIGINAL discman) that came with a cord to hook up the discman to a stereo (the red and white stereo plugs). I ended up using it solely for the purposes of hooking up a synthesizer to the stereo to record directly to tape with a decent quality level.<br><br>But anyways...<br><br>Alt255, the compass idea sounds good... but it seems I don't have a compass (doh!). Anything else (non-computer related) that will react to magnetism that comes to mind? I'd rather not mess up a disk to test it, only because a) it's not 100% reliable (maybe the errors go undetected) and b) because that could be the end of a perfectly good disk. Then again I have about 30 to 40 extra 3.5&quot; disks I don't use (does anybody use 3.5&quot; disks anymore?), but still... any nice ways of reproducing the compass?<br><br>Thanks... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

] :: imotic :: website :: [</a><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>
light the world, and bring depth to the silence.

 

[Alt255]

Sure, there are lots of ways to detect a magnetic field. You could do it electronically (but you would have already done so if you had the technology at hand). You could do it using the McGiver method (this is starting to get a little silly); lay a needle on a small cork and float it in bowl of water. If the needle persistently moves toward the speaker as you move the bowl around it, you can bet the speaker isn't shielded. Again, a little silly, but use the available tools to do the job (Eagle Boy Scout, 1972).<br><br>Floppies? <i>Everybody</i> with a non-IMac computer uses them but <i>nobody</i> is willing to admit it. The truth became apparent to me during a recent conversation with a co-worker. I told him that I had written a program to password-protect a floppy disk and asked him if he wanted a copy.<br><br>He said, &quot;That's nice. Too bad nobody uses floppies anymore.&quot;<br><br>I asked him how many floppies he ordered for the company every month, he said &quot;About a thousand&quot;, gave me a sheepish grin and copied the program to his desktop.<br><br>Interesting but irrelevant anecdote.<br><br>It shouldn't require too much thought or work (same thing, I guess) to determine whether or not the speakers are shielded.<br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[Alt255]

Oops, I guess I forgot to make a point concerning the floppies. Since they are one of the few unshielded computer items, if they can stand up to an hour of Mettalica without cracking, it's a safe assumption that the magnetic field generated by your speakers will have little or no effect on your equipment. ~-)<br><br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[ATCal]

If they're wireless, just keep them far enough away from the monitor (several feet should do) and drop your concern over the shielding.<br><br>Hey Alt255, better watch those Metallica comments- when they're done with Napster they might come after you for royalty infringements on your floppy formatting patent. <p>Al<br><a href=mailto: atc-computing@home.com> atc-computing@home.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Alt255]

I'm not worried about Metallica, if anything I would be worried about the Polka-Metal knock-off bad, Mettalica. The sound is raw, disturbing and not suitable for children and small animals. <br><br>Anyway, you brought a touch of clarity to this thread. Imotic won't have to worry about magnetic interference if he moves the speakers away from his monitor and floppies. I run a 100watt amp through the Boses I have under my wooden desk and I've never noticed a trace of distortion on the monitor (no matter <i>what</i> disgusting retro-techno-nerve-slayer I happened to be enjoying at the time.<br><br>Hmmm, there goes the patent potential. Maybe it only works at maximum volume. Let's find out....<br><br><br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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