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<blockquote data-quote="thch" data-source="post: 3110794" data-attributes="member: 562032">lets say you are in a room.&nbsp; 10m by 10m.&nbsp; &nbsp; i tell you to run 50m in a straight line.&nbsp; you can&#039;t.same concept here.&nbsp; the amplifier has a limited maximum output voltage, say +-50V (625W peak, 312W &quot;rms&quot;).&nbsp; as you turn up the volume, the peak output voltage the amplifier needs to exert to exactly reproduce an amplified version of the input will also increase.at some level, the peaks should exceed this maximum output voltage, but can&#039;t.&nbsp; incresing the volume further simply increases the amount of time the amplifier stays in clipping.There are of course nuances, and amplifiers will vary in the manner in which clipping occurs, but they will clip for the same reason.the clear indications of clipping are a shift to a &quot;pumped up&quot; sound with no dynamic range (all notes are loud), a lack of tranient response (notes do not appreciably decay before other notes begin), and a humming/buzzing sound.many people cannot hear lower levels of clipping.there are examples that can be downloaded, try google.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thch, post: 3110794, member: 562032"] lets say you are in a room. 10m by 10m. i tell you to run 50m in a straight line. you can't. same concept here. the amplifier has a limited maximum output voltage, say +-50V (625W peak, 312W "rms"). as you turn up the volume, the peak output voltage the amplifier needs to exert to exactly reproduce an amplified version of the input will also increase. at some level, the peaks should exceed this maximum output voltage, but can't. incresing the volume further simply increases the amount of time the amplifier stays in clipping. There are of course nuances, and amplifiers will vary in the manner in which clipping occurs, but they will clip for the same reason. the clear indications of clipping are a shift to a "pumped up" sound with no dynamic range (all notes are loud), a lack of tranient response (notes do not appreciably decay before other notes begin), and a humming/buzzing sound. many people cannot hear lower levels of clipping. there are examples that can be downloaded, try google. [/QUOTE]

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