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Have 2 new Alpine Type X's, thinking of switching for more SPL (DC level 3's?)
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<blockquote data-quote="DylanBeatz" data-source="post: 8665089" data-attributes="member: 598533"><p>So clipping occurs when you turn the volume up too high.</p><p></p><p>Sound waves are parabolas. Check this picture for reference.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s210.photobucket.com/user/DylanDude26/media/2011-0010_szigetvari_timbre_solfege.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/DylanDude26/2011-0010_szigetvari_timbre_solfege.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>A clean signal is round on the top and bottom. However when you turn up the signal too high for the amplifier with volume, gain, or bass boost, the signal will flatten out on the top and bottom. That's what clipping is. Flat plateues instead of round hills. The amp is trying to put out more power than it can actually do, so it clips.</p><p></p><p>A subwoofer plays the signal that it is sent. If the signal is clean the subwoofer come will move in and out smoothly like a smooth parabola. If the signal is clipped the sub will extend, then in a jerky abrupt fashion it will stop, and freeze, till it goes back in and repeats the same freezing motion on its way into the box. Hope that makes sense.</p><p></p><p>The freezing motion the sub makes when the signal is clipped causes the sub to overheat faster than a clean signal. I've heard a small amount of clipped power can overheat a sub more than a large amount of clean power. This is how some people blow subs with tiny amps. The people overcompensate for their small amp by cranking the gain and clipping the signal.</p><p></p><p>Also a clipped signal draws more power and can make your voltage drop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DylanBeatz, post: 8665089, member: 598533"] So clipping occurs when you turn the volume up too high. Sound waves are parabolas. Check this picture for reference. [URL="http://s210.photobucket.com/user/DylanDude26/media/2011-0010_szigetvari_timbre_solfege.jpg.html"][IMG]http:////applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/DylanDude26/2011-0010_szigetvari_timbre_solfege.jpg&key=8f121cf09a6abfa43db84f81879bb52838ff9a92ccae0afaf81bfe03af02dc05[/IMG][/URL] A clean signal is round on the top and bottom. However when you turn up the signal too high for the amplifier with volume, gain, or bass boost, the signal will flatten out on the top and bottom. That's what clipping is. Flat plateues instead of round hills. The amp is trying to put out more power than it can actually do, so it clips. A subwoofer plays the signal that it is sent. If the signal is clean the subwoofer come will move in and out smoothly like a smooth parabola. If the signal is clipped the sub will extend, then in a jerky abrupt fashion it will stop, and freeze, till it goes back in and repeats the same freezing motion on its way into the box. Hope that makes sense. The freezing motion the sub makes when the signal is clipped causes the sub to overheat faster than a clean signal. I've heard a small amount of clipped power can overheat a sub more than a large amount of clean power. This is how some people blow subs with tiny amps. The people overcompensate for their small amp by cranking the gain and clipping the signal. Also a clipped signal draws more power and can make your voltage drop. [/QUOTE]
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