Clipping?

[seg_representin 10+ year member]

How do you tell if a sub is clipping? I want to know because i don't want my subs to be clipping and i don't know it. I am underpowering my subs right now and they can be clipping because they want more power which causes them to clip from the amp. Can anyone help me out?

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

How do you tell if a sub is clipping? I want to know because i don't want my subs to be clipping and i don't know it.

Subwoofers don't clip.

The amplifier does.

I am underpowering my subs right now and they can be clipping because they want more power which causes them to clip from the amp.

Doesn't work that way.

Amplifier clipping is a result of setting either the amplifier's gain, bass boost, or a combination of both at too high of a level.

As long as you set your gain and bass boost correctly (read the gain setting tutorial in the amplifier section if you're not sure), then you have absolutely no worries about clipping taking place.

By the way...subwoofers don't "want" anything. They are reactive, they simply do what they are directed to do by the signal being sent to them. Nothing more. Now, you may not have enough power to push the subwoofer to it's fullest potential. But the subwoofer itself does not know and does not care, it simply responds to the signal, no matter how large or small.

 

[seg_representin 10+ year member]

Alright thanks...then i was told wrong by someone...cuz they were sayin the sub clips. My fault i didn't mean to get it wrong.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Alright thanks...then i was told wrong by someone...cuz they were sayin the sub clips. My fault i didn't mean to get it wrong.

No problem. If everybody already knew everything, then we wouldn't need forums like this. You simply learned something new today //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif