Clipping indicators?

[brooklynjoy2008 10+ year member]

I will be using 2 sa 12's in a 3.8cf net box @ 37hz. I just got an aq3500 and was gonna run it around 2000rms. How accurate are the clip indicators that come with the amp?

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[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

mehh mine flashed like a disco ball. Its way to sensitive. I mean it does not tell between a soft clip and a hard clip. I didnt wry about it. Pulled my subs to sell and coils were perfect but based on the light I had been clipping them to death for over a YEAR.

 

[brooklynjoy2008 10+ year member]

Thanks I would rather it be sensitive, than not accurate.

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Thanks I would rather it be sensitive, than not accurate.

Decaf would make it flicker like a beast but was set to soft clip using a scope so its kinda useless.

 

[Decaf 10+ year member]

The clip light just indicates rail voltage is same as output voltage... so if you play a louder song you will reach that point sooner.

so if you played a -10db sine then a -5dB sine wave the clip light would come on sooner with the -5dB, even though they are clean non clipped sine waves.

The software we use to find the dB level of bass averages .4-.5seconds, no less... so even though we might say music never goes past -3dB, for split seconds like kick drums it will be near 0dB, again lighting the indicator sooner because rail voltage was met