Subwoofer + CPU tower = Recipe for disaster?

My loverly home entertainment center is powered, by and large, by a Power Mac G4 tower running a bunch of HDDs storing my movies, music, TV series, ROMs, etc.

For the 2006 holidays I got a surround speaker system which included, naturally, a subwoofer. The problem is, due to cable lengths and such, the only place I could fit the sub was on the floor to the right of the TV shelf...right next to the G4.

I remember hearing some years ago that it was unwise to have computer cases in close proximity to subwoofers or other powerful speakers due to them being magnetically unshielded. As I understand, hard drives have some pretty hefty magnetic shielding, but it makes me a bit nervous nonetheless.

Do I need to relocate either the tower or the sub before my files get Alzheimered into oblivion, or are the concerns of the past no longer concerns?

If it matters at all, I loathe the sound of heavy bass and as such keep the subwoofer at levels ranging from "modest" to "weak" to "crippled" to "Terri Schiavo."

Tank ya verra much.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Phew. That puts my mind at ease.

Of course, worrywart that I am...

Originally Posted by Ulysses

...even centimetres away from a drive could damage the data directly.

Directly?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Awesome.

Thanks a million, fellas.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hmmmm...

Well, considering that it is an older system (albeit one that has served me well, for which I am eternally thankful to it) and the only thing at risk are the drives (and my entire entertainment collection...fuck) which can be replaced relatively cheaply (but not that entertainment collection...fuckfuck), I'll chance it for now. If anything goes wrong, y'all will be hearing from me.

Thanks again for the help, everyone. Oh, and killmoms--I'm being mighty careful with my new G5. I still get squirmy when the fans spin up to full speed, completely forgetting every time that quad-cores use liquid cooling.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well, the data there would be pretty hard to replace, but none of it is persona work, resumés, portfolio stuff, etc. It's all music and movies. It would just take a long time to re-pirate the stuff. More drives couldn't hurt, though. 'Specially since my girlfriend scored a 500GB for about $180.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I would imagine the vibrations produced by the speaker are both of a shorter wavelength and less powerful than those produced by the washing machine, right?

Hopefully so...

Funny story, though.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?