the Bose woofer is not shielded but the cube satellite speakers are shielded.
i have a setup like he has.
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i have a setup like he has.
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Degauss problem or something else?
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The Bose woofer is far away. This is the corner where I want to put the arcade, but I'm getting degaussing issues. You can see the cube speaker in the ceiling, and the ceiling fan above the bar.
Boggles my mind why I'm having color distortions in this corner. The cube speaker is very small, and the ceiling fan seems far enough away.
I really don't think the speak has anythign to do with the degaussing.
Cover the speaker in tin foil as a test and see it if makes a difference or not.
Cocktail tables have the speaker magnet literially inches away from the monitor and it does not bother those.
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I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it, but it's the Bose cube speaker which is causing the degaussing problem.
Moved the arcade under another Bose cube speaker in the ceiling, and sure enough, I got the degaussing problem.
Shut down.
Moved the arcade into the hallway away from the speaker. Works great, no degaussing problem.
My arcade is on caster wheels so while it was on, I pushed from the hallway to under the Bose cube speaker and yep, degaussing problem showed up. You could actually see it shift colors. White text would shift from white to blue as I move the arcade around the speaker.
That tiny little 4" x 4" x 4" cube speaker can create this much of a magnetic field? Wow.
So, my next question is how can I shield the monitor? would tacking up aluminum foil all around the inside of the cabinet do the trick?
Moved the arcade under another Bose cube speaker in the ceiling, and sure enough, I got the degaussing problem.
Shut down.
Moved the arcade into the hallway away from the speaker. Works great, no degaussing problem.
My arcade is on caster wheels so while it was on, I pushed from the hallway to under the Bose cube speaker and yep, degaussing problem showed up. You could actually see it shift colors. White text would shift from white to blue as I move the arcade around the speaker.
That tiny little 4" x 4" x 4" cube speaker can create this much of a magnetic field? Wow.
So, my next question is how can I shield the monitor? would tacking up aluminum foil all around the inside of the cabinet do the trick?
Wow, yeah I would not have thought that too about the speaker!
I suppose you could try foil inside the cabinet but I'm also reading your other thread and see that part of the yoke plastic broke on you, so that would be the first thing to fix and see what the screen is like after. I'm still learning myself about these games, and I know you are in Hawaii so no repair people are around. Possibly someone that has a parts monitor can mail you a new used plastic part for a fix.
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Just to complicate things more, I think there's an issue with the Bose speaker and the angle that the monitor is relative to it.
Right now, I have the arcade back in the same corner, except rather than the way I want it -- the arcade monitor face would be in a parallel line with the Bose speaker face above -- I instead have the monitor face perpendicular to the Bose speaker face and it's mostly good. Still some washing out of the colors, gradient effect on solid colors, but not nearly as bad. Again, it's the worst in the top left of the monitor progressively getting better as you get to the bottom right.
I'm quite sure about this because I started with the arcade monitor in a parallel line with the face of the Bose speaker, and the color was heavily distorted, washed out, gradient effect on solid colors. As I wheeled the arcade to be perpendicular to the Bose speaker face, I could see the colors correcting gradually the more I turned the cabinet. At perpendicular, it's mostly correct (but the cabinet doesn't fit my room well that way).
Still looking for a shielding option so I can have the arcade cabinet parallel with the Bose speaker face.
Right now, I have the arcade back in the same corner, except rather than the way I want it -- the arcade monitor face would be in a parallel line with the Bose speaker face above -- I instead have the monitor face perpendicular to the Bose speaker face and it's mostly good. Still some washing out of the colors, gradient effect on solid colors, but not nearly as bad. Again, it's the worst in the top left of the monitor progressively getting better as you get to the bottom right.
I'm quite sure about this because I started with the arcade monitor in a parallel line with the face of the Bose speaker, and the color was heavily distorted, washed out, gradient effect on solid colors. As I wheeled the arcade to be perpendicular to the Bose speaker face, I could see the colors correcting gradually the more I turned the cabinet. At perpendicular, it's mostly correct (but the cabinet doesn't fit my room well that way).
Still looking for a shielding option so I can have the arcade cabinet parallel with the Bose speaker face.
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I have a couple of theories I want to try.
1) Is it possible that being on an active volcanic island (Big Island Hawaii) that a magnetic field runs in a certain direction that affects this monitor? To test this theory, I would have to take down the Bose cube speaker to remove it from the equation.
2) This makes more sense. The color distortion seems to originate from the top left of the monitor and progressively get normal towards the bottom right. Why doesn't the distortion start from the top right? Whoever wired up this cabinet only put in one speaker -- guess where, the top left. There's no speaker over the top right. So, I'm wondering if the Bose speaker has some effect on the speaker in the top left of the cabinet. The way to test: move the speaker to the top-middle, and top right of the cabinet and see if I get distortion.
1) Is it possible that being on an active volcanic island (Big Island Hawaii) that a magnetic field runs in a certain direction that affects this monitor? To test this theory, I would have to take down the Bose cube speaker to remove it from the equation.
2) This makes more sense. The color distortion seems to originate from the top left of the monitor and progressively get normal towards the bottom right. Why doesn't the distortion start from the top right? Whoever wired up this cabinet only put in one speaker -- guess where, the top left. There's no speaker over the top right. So, I'm wondering if the Bose speaker has some effect on the speaker in the top left of the cabinet. The way to test: move the speaker to the top-middle, and top right of the cabinet and see if I get distortion.
