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Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true?

Hi ,I am about to bring another set of speakers to my audio room, I want to leave the unused ones I,m using right now  in the same room..  Is it true that to have them not interact with the acoustics of the room and with the speakers in use I should put them in short ( positive and negative connected ) the unused ones.  I have received that advice from two different audiophiles, one of them with experience in a pro recording studio. Is it real? or is it just a urban legend (aka BS)?

cardani
tablejockey
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You're kidding right?

larryi
3,742 posts
 

This might reduce the tendency of the cones of the unused speaker to vibrate from the sound put out by the active speakers.  You are not "shorting" the speaker, but, rather, completing the circuit.  When the circuit is complete, the movement of the voice coil in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet induces a current (but only if the circuit is complete), and that current, in turn creates its own magnetic field in opposition to the field of the permanent magnet.  In effect, this stiffens the cone's resistance to being moved by the vibrations in the room.  How much this actually matters to the sound in the room is debatable, but, there would be no harm in doing this

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mofimadness
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Back in the day, Ivor Tiefenbrun (Linn Systems), was very adamant that there be NO other speakers in the same room as his speakers being auditioned.

Even the speaker in a landline telephone could cause interference.


 

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