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<blockquote data-quote="HoneyBadgerRy" data-source="post: 8628155" data-attributes="member: 667692"><p>So I did some research on my specific head unit, and it looks like on a flat eq the preouts start clipping on 38/40, so under my understanding you just set your maximum volume to 37 and then tune the amplifier to make the rated power using v=i/r. But the article mentioned that with a eq tune that the headunit clipped at volume 36 on 100hz, which made me think. When playing a test tone at 0db the head unit is going to work harder than it ever would in music, so it shouldn't be a problem that it clips at certain frequencies with a 0db test tone, but that also means that is theoretically could clip while playing music. Should you counter this by tuning the eq only by lowering certain frequencies, or is this something that you don't need to worry about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoneyBadgerRy, post: 8628155, member: 667692"] So I did some research on my specific head unit, and it looks like on a flat eq the preouts start clipping on 38/40, so under my understanding you just set your maximum volume to 37 and then tune the amplifier to make the rated power using v=i/r. But the article mentioned that with a eq tune that the headunit clipped at volume 36 on 100hz, which made me think. When playing a test tone at 0db the head unit is going to work harder than it ever would in music, so it shouldn't be a problem that it clips at certain frequencies with a 0db test tone, but that also means that is theoretically could clip while playing music. Should you counter this by tuning the eq only by lowering certain frequencies, or is this something that you don't need to worry about. [/QUOTE]
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