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Message: <blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 5764368" data-attributes="member: 540940">If you set the gain with a DMM using a 0dB test tone, and you are sure your amp can produce the power you used in V=sqrt(pXr) w/o clipping then there is ALMOST no way the amp will ever clip because music rarely peaks at 0dB.Also, assuming you had your HU volume at a very high level to set the gain you should rarely, if ever, be listening at that level.Minor clipping is hard to hear, but isn't much of a problem any way.Clipping is what you hear when you try to use a standard (aftermarket or stock) HU to drive decent aftermarket speakers at high volume w/o a HP filter.  Just nasty sounding distortion.But not all distortion is clipping.  When there is plenty of amplifier power available you'll hear speaker distortion (bottoming out) before you'll hear the amp clipping.</blockquote>

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