Cell phones and monitors

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:21 pm

You when you have your cell phone in the same room or just kinda close to your monitors (any speaker actually) it makes some buzzing and popping noises? Well I was wondering if this can harm your speakers or the magnets. I don't want to have to drop another $700+ because of a stupid phone.

ultrasource · Post by **ultrasource** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:35 pm

just curious.... what cell phone and what provider?

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:59 pm

Nokia(free phone) and Cingular is my provider. This happens everywhere I go. Whenever I'm at a friends house watching a movie or listening to the stereo the speakers buzz like crazy whenever my phone is about to ring. I know that someone is calling me before the phone starts to ring.

klarky · Post by **klarky** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:01 pm

yes its just the equipement pucking up the signal - and id imagine best thing to do is turn the phone off whilst near your expensive equipement is the best idea. ive not heard of it causing damage but you never know.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:40 pm

my girlfriend's cell phone makes our TV and her PC speakers go nutz.

she has a Motorolla with Cingular, but it also did this with her old Nokia.

its kind of a cool noise

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:10 pm

AdamJay wrote:its kind of a cool noise

Not when you can't hear what is really supposed to be coming out the speaker. Its extremely annoying.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:31 pm

I've heard the cellphone pops in a lot of clicky IDM recently - Aphex:druqks and others. It's cool to see people checking for text messages when it's really the track that's messing with ya.

buzzcock · Post by **buzzcock** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:54 pm

GSM phones like Cingular have a way of getting into speakers. Haven't had any trouble with CDMA ones.

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:14 am

How would I know the difference between a GSM and CDMA phone? Plastikman sampled the generic Nokia ringtone on his Closer album, that got me the first time I heard it.

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:09 am

somebody answer the phone

was a terrible techno tune usuing the clicks and pops you get before it rings

pretty common