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You should be fine. It takes quite a powerful magnet to mess up a hard drive, and you won't generally find that in a set of speakers. Especially at 6" away, I wouldn't worry. Keep in mind that hard drives have incredibly powerful magnets in them.
See this article for more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/116572/busting_the_biggest_pc_myths.html
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It's a lot easier and cheaper to remove the problem (your cell phone) from the situation, than it is to shield all your components.
Depending on how your desk, wiring, and amplifier are arranged, you may be able to get away with one of the imperfect ideas and solutions mentioned at ...
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The latest and greatest HDMI specification is 1.4a (and version 2 is expected to be released this year). The fastest/highest bandwidth category of HDMI cable is "HDMI with Ethernet." The rating of a cable's shielding (Class 2, Class 3) has more to do with fire resistance and US wiring code and is not really relevant to the matter of signal loss. ...
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