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<blockquote data-quote="Mass Car Audio" data-source="post: 6013554" data-attributes="member: 604291"><p>A clipped signal is nothing like putting dc current to your subs. Clipping is a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven, which happens through attempts to increase the voltage or current beyond its maximum power capability. Driving an amplifier into clipping causes it to put out power in excess of its published ratings, which are customarily done with a &quot;clean&quot; sine wave signal just at the onset of clipping. Also when an amplifier is pushed to create a signal with more power than its power supply can produce, it will amplify the signal only up to its maximum capacity, at which point the signal will be amplified no further. As the signal simply &quot;cuts&quot; or &quot;clips&quot; at the maximum capacity of the amplifier, the signal is said to be &quot;clipping&quot;. The extra signal which is beyond the capability of the amplifier is simply cut off, resulting in a sine wave becoming a distorted square wave type waveform.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mass Car Audio, post: 6013554, member: 604291"] A clipped signal is nothing like putting dc current to your subs. Clipping is a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven, which happens through attempts to increase the voltage or current beyond its maximum power capability. Driving an amplifier into clipping causes it to put out power in excess of its published ratings, which are customarily done with a "clean" sine wave signal just at the onset of clipping. Also when an amplifier is pushed to create a signal with more power than its power supply can produce, it will amplify the signal only up to its maximum capacity, at which point the signal will be amplified no further. As the signal simply "cuts" or "clips" at the maximum capacity of the amplifier, the signal is said to be "clipping". The extra signal which is beyond the capability of the amplifier is simply cut off, resulting in a sine wave becoming a distorted square wave type waveform. [/QUOTE]

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