how can you tell if sub is clipping

[trungthiendo 10+ year member]

how can you tell if your amp is giving the sub a clipped signal?

and is this clipping due to not enough power???

also how can u tell if your amp is giving speakers clipped signal?

my sub amp is hifonics 1500

my speaker amp is tsunami db4440

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[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

yeah, but how can you tell? id like to know this also.

 

[getsumbaby 10+ year member]

Irratic sub behavior. Lots of uncontrolled movement.

The JLAudio web site has good info on how to adjust amplifiers to get maximum sound without alot of distortion. Basically tells you how to set your gains - by using an ohm meter. Pretty interesting. After reading that - its pretty obvious that technology has come a long way.

Ed

 

[trungthiendo 10+ year member]

hmm that's not too clear...i mean i get distortion...but its more of like the bass notes hitting door...and making that sound...its a metal sound so its not speaker itself

 

[getsumbaby 10+ year member]

I get the same thing. My truck vibrates so bad it sounds like the sub is distorting. But when I watch the sub its not moving too much.

Deadening will help out alot!!

Ed

 

[trungthiendo 10+ year member]

got a link???

 

[getsumbaby 10+ year member]

Thanks for sending the link - i should have sent it with my post .....

Ed

 

[getsumbaby 10+ year member]

What does that have to do with technology ? It's ohm's law
Power = VoltagexVoltage/Resistance

For the 500/1, you want a voltage of 27.4 volts @ 1.5 ohms ...

27.4*27.4/1.5 = 500.5067 watts

I ment that back in the day - you just wired it and played it. Now its more technical to hang with the big dogs.

Ed