QUOTE(ffrulz @ May 23 2010, 05:10 PM)
1. Woofers cannot corrupt lenses. They can mess the lens by introducing vibrations which will wear out the moving parts in the lens itself.
2. It's safer to place the woofer away from the console, as the vibration caused, depending on your level of volume will be a bad factor for your Hard Disk rather than the lens.
3. And also, the magnetic field generated by the woofer is greater than the speakers, and it's general knowledge that magnets and Hard Drives do not go together pretty well even though there's a very strong magnet in the Hard Drive assembly itself.
But in modern speakers generally available today, they are all mostly shielded, I can say this for PC speakers but as for woofers I'm not entirely sure. The most important factor would be the vibration generated from the woofer rather than the magnetic field, which is why its best to keep the woofer away from the console but it's alright to place the console near the speakers unless you tend to blast your volume until your table rocks and stuff.
agreed with u. anyway, poyohebat, it's hard to get prove for it since when their ps3 is broken..they will say another source of problem that cause it.they will not remember anything bout the magnetic field arounds them because they didnt know that thing also contributing to the cause of the problem.
try put those small magnets ppl put on the refrigerator on ur pc cpu..

ermm..anyway speakers, they do have magnetic shield arounds them. dont u remember, old speakers when u put near tv, ur tv will change it's color... it's instantaneous when u put in front of the glass.but it do took a long time before ur tv broken if u put nearby. but now modern speakers... ur tv is still ok even u put a speaker in fron of the glass. might not be related to ps3.. but just a picture how does it affecting ur console.