DIY: Anti-static bag helps reduce cellphone speaker buzz

Unless you’re the type that won’t settle for anything less than a high-end magnetically-shielded speaker, you’re probably familiar with the dreaded cellphone speaker “buzz.” All those electromagnetic radio waves streaming to and from your mobile phone can sometimes cause interference with unshielded speakers – the result is an annoying buzzing through your speakers. One DIY (Do-It-Yourself) solution is to extract a magnetic bead from a USB cable and jury-rig it onto your speaker cables. But, that method requires some cutting and a bit of elbow grease. Why not just use an everyday anti-static bag?

Also known as electrostatic bags, anti-static bags are those shiny metallic-coated bags that your graphics cards, RAM sticks and hard drives come packaged in. You’ve probably thrown away more of these electrostatic bags than you know. But, you probably didn’t know that anti-static bag could finally eliminate that speaker buzz!

Simply sitting your mobile phone in top of an anti-static bag will squash all magnetic interference. The next time your speakers start buzzing because your homies are blowin’ up the cellie, just find that shiny silver bag and place it over the cellphone.

The video below shows the electrostatic bag in action!

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[Via: Lifehacker]