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Conundrum..

madison: ""
While it's true that electrons have so little mass that it's doubtful whether vibrations, even of such huge magnitude (relative to the size of an electron, anyway), would have any effect on the direction or orderliness of their flow, it can be reasoned that the violent (again, relative to their size) vibration of every element inside a complex device such as a typical stereo component would at least produce microscopic movement of the fields that these devices produce.""

No, it cannot be reasoned that way. You cannot, in the same sentence, say that it is "doubtful that a stimulus would have any effect", and then say, " it would at least produce microscopic movement"...that is an effect, and you discounted it in the first part of your sentence..

madison: ""
This, in turn, would probably be powerful enough"".......Bzzzzzt!! stop right there.


You said, and I quote, ""it's doubtful whether vibrations, even of such huge magnitude (relative to the size of an electron, anyway), would have any effect on the direction or orderliness of their flow,""

To have any effect on the fields, the only thing left is charge. And THAT is not changing as a result of any physical force.

So this is where your hypothesis stops. You start with incorrect conjecture, and you cannot build upon that.

What you REALLY must consider, is the movement of conductors within a magnetic field, and the movement of current carrying conductors. ALL electronic devices either work within a magnetic field, or make such as a result of operation. (recall, earth's field is half gauss).


Madison: ""
Can it be measured? Probably, if only we had devices sensitive enough to detect such disruptions and took the time and proper methods to measure them""

What you incorrectly hypothesized cannot be measured in reality. Only through contrived experiments of nobel calibre have measured the electron mass via acceleration of a metallic material, and the acceleration required far exceeds voice coil accelerations, and the effect is orders of magnitude below what can be seen in an audio circuit.

Your line of reasoning is completely flawed. Instead, you should consider the applicability of Faraday's law of induction to the problem.


Cheers, John


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