odds of clipping???

[302yota 10+ year member]

what are the odds of my setup to be clipping....i'm using a 2000wt hifonics brutus at 1ohm on an HDC318....with the bass boost on radio and amp at 0....the amp is set where it's delivering approximately 1000wrms (set with a dmm), just for "break in period"....and ssf at about 30hz, and lpf at 60.....so how much clipping if any do you think i would be getting???

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[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

what volume are you turning it up to and out of what?

 

[302yota 10+ year member]

we set the amp at 30/40.....and the most we turn it up to is 34/40...(with no remote bass control)

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Just because you set your gains with a digital multi-meter does NOT mean that you reduce your chances of clipping down to nothing!

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Just because you set your gains with a digital multi-meter does NOT mean that you reduce your chances of clipping down to nothing!

this thread wouldn't be here if they thought they eliminated all chances of clipping..

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

OP what would you measure clipping in? you ask how much.. theres not like a clipping measurement amount..

 

[302yota 10+ year member]

how many tablespoons of clipping???......nah jk, is there enough clipping to harm the sub while it's breaking in...and once the sub is broke in, and i turn the amp up to 1800-1900 or whatever the amp will put out, will there be enough clipping to harm it then??

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

how many tablespoons of clipping???......nah jk, is there enough clipping to harm the sub while it's breaking in...and once the sub is broke in, and i turn the amp up to 1800-1900 or whatever the amp will put out, will there be enough clipping to harm it then??

after a sub has been broken in, the suspension might get softer so you might not even need to turn it up. I doubt that you're clipping setting the gain to put out 1000watts on a 2000watts amp.

 

[302yota 10+ year member]

^^^^yeah, but they say the HDC's dont get loud until they're getting about 1600+ rms.....and there's plenty of people running 2200-3000wrms, with no problem to them...

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

^^^^yeah, but they say the HDC's dont get loud until they're getting about 1600+ rms.....and there's plenty of people running 2200-3000wrms, with no problem to them...

What i mean is after you break a sub in you might need less power than you initially had on them. Which is what you seem to be thinking...

 

[302yota 10+ year member]

well even once the sub is broken in, shouldnt it be able to handle as much as my amp will give it....i'd like to get the most out of the HDC as i can

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

should be able to

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

all I can say is train your ear for distortion

I have never blown anything and have never used a dmm

 

[Snow90 10+ year member]

turning your HU past the volume where you set it at could give a little clipping.

 

[302yota 10+ year member]

^^^^ ok, thats what i was thinking too....so maybe when we finally turn the gain up on the amp, we'll do it at volume 34/40, and not go past that.