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<blockquote data-quote="GemaRastem" data-source="post: 7781104" data-attributes="member: 560007"><a href="http://www.co-bw.com/Guitar%20Files/Guitar%20Amplifiers%20-%20Overdrive%20&amp;amp;%20Distortion_files/f_clip.gif" target="_blank">http://www.co-bw.com/Guitar%20Files/Guitar%20Amplifiers%20-%20Overdrive%20&amp;amp;%20Distortion_files/f_clip.gif</a>this is a good image to show the difference between a clean signal and a clipped signal. Do you see how the orange line is flat on top, cause the top part of the wave is &quot;clipped&quot; off. This means it is no longer a changing(alternating) current, it is DC. This is bad for speakers. You clip a signal when the signal you are sending is at a higher voltage than the MOSFETS can handle at the gain you set them for. The fets no longer have enough &quot;juice&quot; to amplify the signal at that gain, turning up the gain isn&#039;t going to get much more power, they&#039;re already giving all that they&#039;ve got.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GemaRastem, post: 7781104, member: 560007"] [URL="http://www.co-bw.com/Guitar%20Files/Guitar%20Amplifiers%20-%20Overdrive%20&%20Distortion_files/f_clip.gif"]http://www.co-bw.com/Guitar%20Files/Guitar%20Amplifiers%20-%20Overdrive%20&%20Distortion_files/f_clip.gif[/URL] this is a good image to show the difference between a clean signal and a clipped signal. Do you see how the orange line is flat on top, cause the top part of the wave is "clipped" off. This means it is no longer a changing(alternating) current, it is DC. This is bad for speakers. You clip a signal when the signal you are sending is at a higher voltage than the MOSFETS can handle at the gain you set them for. The fets no longer have enough "juice" to amplify the signal at that gain, turning up the gain isn't going to get much more power, they're already giving all that they've got. [/QUOTE]

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