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Message: <blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6514543" data-attributes="member: 549629"><p>While your assessment of what the gain controls are for (altering input sensitivity to adjust for varying signal voltage) is correct, your statement that clipping at any power level will damage a speaker is not true. Clipping does diminish speaker cooling somewhat, and increases amplifier output power above rated specs, but if these two factors still maintain a heat generation level the speaker is capable of handling, no damage will result. Now, most people dont run such an underpowered amplifier that these two corresponding factors are incapable of creating a dangerous situation for the speaker(s), but its false to simply say clipping causes damage under every circumstance. Id alter your advice in that slight way to achieve a completely accurate description of the situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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