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Subject: Re: MAGNETS?!?

From: "Bernie" <kornowicz@cox.net>
Date: 2007-12-28

I think I vaguely remember someone mentioning ruining a tape that
got too close to a speaker while lacing it. (or can you only lace
frames?)

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...>
wrote:
>
> Yeah, those magnets looked rather unshielded. But,
> a high-energy MOVING magnetic field is the issue.
> Those speaker magnets don't move, and are an adequate
> distance from the tapes. An unshielded transformer in
> a power supply might be a problem, like one of those
> plastic battery-substitution boxes. Or, something
> motorized & unshielded could affect the tapes (Wait,
> isn't there one of those in each 'tron?).
>
> Ummm...detrimental? I don't think I would let a
> cat with IBS hang out on top...
>
> -Bruce D.
>
>
> --- john barrick <astroboy@...> wrote:
>
> > So, considering that those big 'ol Wharfedales were
> > hung in the Mk Is
> > and IIs, is there any gear that one can place on top
> > of a tron, beside
> > 8X10 glossies of certain listmembers, that would
> > really be detrimental
> > to the tapes?
> > el destructo
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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