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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skateboardkid" data-source="post: 4645296" data-attributes="member: 582399">when your sine wave get the top and bottom squared off it is clipping.So instead of your sub traveling linearly back and forth it stops at each peak for a fraction of a second and the coil heats up becasue it is not moving, if your coil can hadle it thermally nothing will happen.Your gain is not a volume, it is there to match the input voltage, once your amp cant make any more clean power it, it starts clipping, which you can sometimes hear due to the non linear travel of the sub.  Bet way to check for clipping is to use an O-scope and look at the waveform.</blockquote>

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