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<blockquote data-quote="Vausen" data-source="post: 491155" data-attributes="member: 552252"><p>Basically clipping means your asking too much from the amp. Instead of putting out a clean signal (think sine wave) to the sub it chops the top off of the signal (think square wave) because it can't meet what your asking for. You end up putting out a lot more total (continuous) power than when you are not clipping which thermally overloads the speaker. It is difficult to understand without seeing it on a graph but you will fry a speaker by clipping your amp. You NEED to set your gains properly or this will happen again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vausen, post: 491155, member: 552252"] Basically clipping means your asking too much from the amp. Instead of putting out a clean signal (think sine wave) to the sub it chops the top off of the signal (think square wave) because it can't meet what your asking for. You end up putting out a lot more total (continuous) power than when you are not clipping which thermally overloads the speaker. It is difficult to understand without seeing it on a graph but you will fry a speaker by clipping your amp. You NEED to set your gains properly or this will happen again. [/QUOTE]
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