|   Is it true that speakers should not be placed on the TV? | rpgamer
Oct 20, 2002 5:10 PM | | I read somewhere (may have been here I don't remember) that due to the magnetization, one should not place their center channel speaker on top of the television. Is this true? I would prefer to have it laying on the TV rather than construct something to prop it up. If this is true, how high above the TV should I place the speaker.
P.S. - for reference the center is the Fluance 670c (http://www.fluance.com/fluancemv670c.html)
- Dimensions: 7.5 X 20.4 X 8.3 inches (H x W x D)
- 120 watts
Other specs can be found in the link above.
Thanks in advance. |
| re: Is it true that speakers should not be placed on the TV? | DaveHK
Oct 20, 2002 11:49 PM | | I'm going to assume that it is video-shielded and doesn't weigh 50 pounds. If it isn't any of the above, you're fine.
dave |
| re: Is it true that speakers should not be placed on the TV? | Monstrous Mike
Oct 21, 2002 6:42 AM | | What you have read is that speakers have a magnet and the magnetic field will affect the electrons in a CRT (doesn't affect RPTs). This is true.
However, a speaker which is specifically a home theatre center speaker is magnetically shielded to prevent this. Therefore you can put your center speaker on top, beside or under your TV. Whatever suits you and sounds best to you. |
| A slight misconception :) | KiD SmokE
Oct 21, 2002 1:09 PM | | Hey Mike
>magnetic field will affect the electrons in a CRT
That what I thought too. But as Woodman pointed out to me, it is the Shadow Mask (metal) that gets magnetized by an external magnetic field such as the magnets in a loudspeaker (that isn't shielded) and results in screen impurities :) |
| Are you sure that Mike doesn't know this? | woodman
Oct 21, 2002 5:06 PM | | The magnetic field DOES affect the electron beam(s) because of the shadow mask's retention of that field. It's the magnetization of the shadow mask that causes the impurity problems by (slightly) deflecting the beam(s) as they pass through it, causing the electrons to hit the "wrong" phosphors.
I'm not at all sure that Mike needs your correction.
woodman |
| I am sure Mike knew that.... | KiD SmokE
Oct 22, 2002 10:13 AM | | ...I just wasn't sure if the poster knew...so as every body be on the same level :) |
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