Is it okay to talk around your speakers?


When a system is not on, should you avoid making any noise near the speakers? I am thinking about back EMF caused by the speaker cones moving and then sending voltage backwards into the crossover and the rest of the system - could this cause damage or even minor degradation to the sound quality after a while? Do you unhook the speakers when not in use just to be on the safe side?
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My calendar says Nov 7, 2010; did I fall into a time warp and it is now actually April 1, 2011?
This is reminiscent of a long time research project of mine" Do speakers talk to themselves when there is no one there to hear them?". Have had trouble designing a research model to test this; all suggestions welcome. Dr Stanley Wallen BA, MA, BD, PhD, OF