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<blockquote data-quote="req" data-source="post: 575810" data-attributes="member: 555713">in lames terms man, when a sine wave is clipped off to form a square wave form, that signal CAN increase the power significantly that the amp produces to your sub... if your subs arent capable of handeling this increase in power, they let loose their magic smoke and stop working via melted VC, maybe a busted cone, hell it could destroy the amp because of overheating or many other reasons //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif.so if the amp is clipping like mad, but you are only giving a Brahma 15 sub like 100w, it may tripple the power [for explaining sake] and distort to hell... but the sub will happily play that garbage because its well within the thermal\mechanical ratings.so clipping INDERICTALLY harms subs. clipping = distortion and distortion will not hurt a sub.clipping also (in most cases) = increase in power (distorted of course) and this is why subs are destroyed by clipping.just for lamens sake -- or this is how i gathered all the arguments\conversations ive read about clipping.is my info correct squeak?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="req, post: 575810, member: 555713"] in lames terms man, when a sine wave is clipped off to form a square wave form, that signal CAN increase the power significantly that the amp produces to your sub... if your subs arent capable of handeling this increase in power, they let loose their magic smoke and stop working via melted VC, maybe a busted cone, hell it could destroy the amp because of overheating or many other reasons [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif[/IMG]. so if the amp is clipping like mad, but you are only giving a Brahma 15 sub like 100w, it may tripple the power [for explaining sake] and distort to hell... but the sub will happily play that garbage because its well within the thermal\mechanical ratings. so clipping INDERICTALLY harms subs. clipping = distortion and distortion will not hurt a sub. clipping also (in most cases) = increase in power (distorted of course) and this is why subs are destroyed by clipping. just for lamens sake -- or this is how i gathered all the arguments\conversations ive read about clipping. is my info correct squeak? [/QUOTE]

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