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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HoneyBadgerRy" data-source="post: 8627573" data-attributes="member: 667692">I do know how to set the gains with a multi meter, or what clipping sounds like by ear, but is there anyway to KNOW not guess with a 75% rule or 80% rule or whatever, but actually know the maximum volume you can turn the head unit up to without a SMD DD-1?You could look for clipping on an oscilloscope (if you had one), then turn it down, but the signal could still be distorting at 2%+ and not be clipping at any given volume level.The only way I can think of to know where the head unit distorts would be to either buy/borrow a SMD DD-1, or if someone with the exact same head unit already tested it and told you. I know on here you guys prefer oscilloscopes and look down on the SMD, but I surely wouldn't see 1% distortion on a 1khz sine wave.</blockquote>

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