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Is it okay to talk around your speakers?

When a system is not on, should you avoid making any noise near the speakers? I am thinking about back EMF caused by the speaker cones moving and then sending voltage backwards into the crossover and the rest of the system - could this cause damage or even minor degradation to the sound quality after a while? Do you unhook the speakers when not in use just to be on the safe side?
6550c
lexan09
13 posts
 
This phenomenon has been addressed by Legacy Audio. Their Whisper line is able to withstand hushed voices.
theunderlyingtheme
90 posts
 

How do you know they're not secretly recording every word you utter?
jdoris
852 posts
 
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inna
5,245 posts
 
It is perfectly OK for as long as you don't talk or even think about other speakers. That would not be forgiven.
prpixel
826 posts
 
6550c,

Attach a volt meter to the speaker terminals and gently push the woofer cone in and out and see if you register any current. Or, place another speaker a few feet from the speaker with the volt meter attached and play a recording of conversation or crowd noise, at normal levels, and see if you register a current.
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