clipping question??

[bassaholic 10+ year member]

Is clipping more audible on accurate subs i just wonder cause i got a w6v2 and at the point where i notice clipping i go past that volume with 2 other subs the mtx 8000(same 400 rms) and a Phenix gold and dont really hear that horrible clipping noise.

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[RandyJ 10+ year member]

You don't hear clipping persay, you do hear distortion an ugliness though. What you may be hearing though is the mechanical limits of the driver. Clipping is not driver dependant, it depends completely on the signal going to and out of the amplifier.

 

[bassaholic 10+ year member]

So why is this clipping so noticible with only my speaker and not the other 2 unless my sub is messed up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

It's not clipping you're hearing, moron.Not sure how many times you have to be told.

Ever consider you're just pushing the W6 past its limits?

 

[bassaholic 10+ year member]

First of all im not a moron and secondly its not mechanically reaching its limits probly thermally but i know guys that wang these woofers with 800 watts rms in a ported box like mine built to spec and it handle it just fine dont get that much louder though.

 

[bassaholic 10+ year member]

Oh yeah before anybody ask me how i know its not reaching its mechanical limit if i block the port the cone goes in and out further.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

As it continues to smash the former to the pole piece even harder? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

You're not hearing clippign on one speaker and not the other. Unless the distortion and muddiness in the other set-ups is so horrible already that you just cannot tell.