clipping

[lithium 358]

Gain Knob

the only way to know for sure or not if your clipping is an Oscope (like the one i have, shown in the vid)

you can use an online calculator to make the output voltage of your amp "match" the input voltage but that does not mean that you wont ever clip. Its also common to set your gains with a -10db overlap to allow minimal clipping. Your sine wave is much more powerful than music so if set at 0db sine wave it will sound VERY disappointing on music (but with NO clipping!)

so to compensate for switching from a sine wave to music, you need a calculated gain boost (-10db for woofs, 0db or -5db for mids and 0db for tweets)

sorry for rambling- just make sure your set up right

-Drew

i just set my gain with the dmm for the first time, but first i got the reading for where i had it set by ear. according to the dmm i was clipping alittle bit but i never heard a difference.

would the info in bold above explain it? and could someone elaborate alittle more this aswell?

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

all right i understand, so to prevent it you make sure you dont have more voltage going into your amp than what it requires on intake

[lithium 358]

i couldnt open that video with my mac so i found it or one like it on youtube.

my question is, is it clipping when it goes from, what sounds like music playing, then at 6 to 10sec it becomes dull and muddy?

Edited March 29, 2009 by lithium

[Dutchie. 10]

Where is the best place to get an o-scope and for how much?