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Originally Posted by LHD21 
Hard drives contain some of the strongest permanent magnets you'll find in common use today. Its how the drive head is moved about the platter. Other magnets near drives really wont matter unless the outsider creates significantly high oersted readings at the drive platter.
I would be concerned about the serious vibrations these speakers create causing some head/platter related business.
http://www.dansdata.com/magnets.htm

Hard drives contain some of the strongest permanent magnets you'll find in common use today. Its how the drive head is moved about the platter. Other magnets near drives really wont matter unless the outsider creates significantly high oersted readings at the drive platter.
I would be concerned about the serious vibrations these speakers create causing some head/platter related business.
http://www.dansdata.com/magnets.htm
I know they have magnets inside. I've played around with them. It's still not a good idea to have HDD's close to other magnetic sources. It's the low-level formatting that gets screwed up. Many iPods have died this way.










































