Can speakers located near a fridge have any effect magnetetic distortion effect?

That a little hard to say,  the fridges motor usually generate a large and strong magnetic field and it might be possilbe that this would affect the sound,another issue would be the EMI/RFI emited by the fridge this would be the most serious concern IMO as this could cause hisses and noise in your speakers. If you have any external speakers try putting them close to the fridge and see if you notice anything.

The AudioEngine A5 has magnetic shielding around the drivers so that will help.

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Originally Posted by midnightfox 

I plan on getting the Audioengine 5 in the coming weeks as they will be perfect setup for my home theatre pc as its in a real confined space and I can't fit a sub. I'm tired of hearing the drained sounds from the TV speakers. My only concern is it will be located very close to the fridge and I'm curios if it would have any effect with the magnetic field. Has anyone had any issues with speakers located beside a fridge ?

You setting up your HT in the Kitchen.

 

Should really, really sound COOOLLL!!!

I should point out the obvious, the fridge is almost never on.

When it is on it pumps out a lot of em, but rarely on.

If you are watching a movie, just turn your fridge off (don't open the fridge until back on).

problem solved.

I am assuming your speakers will be off the floor 3 feet or so. If this is the case you should be ok...the compressor motors aren't as big as they used to be, unless this fridge is 20+ yrs old. You may get more interference via the speaker wires than the mag field interfering with the speakers themselves. Good luck!

why not put your system inside your fridge? now that would be something glorious.

Tubes might pick up the noise - I have had trouble with a few tubes now and again and household stuff

Speakers...should be audible if not dont worry about it

Provided the speakers are shielded, you should be okay, but another problem that folks tend to ignore is power isolation.  Make sure you use a power outlet that is independent of any appliances running with an initial surge amperage, (i.e. refrigerators, Air Conditioners, etc...) For about a half a second they'll suck the juice down on the circuit and you'll almost always hear it during music playback. If it's not a problem now...it probably will be in the future. As these appliances get older they tend to surge more when they kick on.  Some electronics will eventually become damaged during prolonged exposure to unstable power so you'll likely want to invest in a good robust power conditioner or UPS if no other outlet is available.