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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8334203" data-attributes="member: 650438">a clipped wave has a maximum limit of how high of a signal can pass through cleanly; when the level of signal going through exceeds that maximum, the tops of the waves get clipped off (flattened out). Afterwards it becomes a square wave<img src="http://www.ovnilab.com/4gs/clipping.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Distortion means any change in the wave-shape of a signal from the input of a device to the output. So even a simple change in tone, without clipping, can be accurately called distortion.<a href="http://elpaso.apogee.net/md/graphics/dadind02.gif" target="_blank">http://elpaso.apogee.net/md/graphics/dadind02.gif</a>Thats why when dirty power like Audiopipe Has a seemingly round and unclipped wave, however, you zoom in closer and you see there&#039;s distortion that you cannot get rid of unless you lower the gain close to minimum levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8334203, member: 650438"] a clipped wave has a maximum limit of how high of a signal can pass through cleanly; when the level of signal going through exceeds that maximum, the tops of the waves get clipped off (flattened out). Afterwards it becomes a square wave [IMG]http://www.ovnilab.com/4gs/clipping.jpg[/IMG] Distortion means any change in the wave-shape of a signal from the input of a device to the output. So even a simple change in tone, without clipping, can be accurately called distortion. [URL="http://elpaso.apogee.net/md/graphics/dadind02.gif"]http://elpaso.apogee.net/md/graphics/dadind02.gif[/URL] Thats why when dirty power like Audiopipe Has a seemingly round and unclipped wave, however, you zoom in closer and you see there's distortion that you cannot get rid of unless you lower the gain close to minimum levels. [/QUOTE]

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