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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 8334348" data-attributes="member: 560148">Just to add, clipping is distortion.&nbsp; Clipping an amp produces higher order harmonics which is also what causes the wave wave to square off.&nbsp; It&#039;s not very audible, since it&#039;s even order harmonics and most of the time, the subs inducatance will filter most of it out. However, the increased overall volume from the higher gain even with that harmonic filtered out, still cooks the coils pretty easily, although it&#039;s VERY easy on tweeters for this reason, no higher order filtering due to smaller voiceoils.&nbsp; Main thing is, don&#039;t get too technical or overthink it..Use the O scope/DMM to get in the ballpark, then see what kind of output you have.&nbsp; Then turn the knob up and down a bit on some loud music and make sure you don&#039;t need a bit less or more gain depending on the sitation.&nbsp; Ears should always have the final say, just check the sub once in&nbsp; a while for heat/over excursion until you know things are ok.Anyways a perfectly square wave is literally impossible to reproduce as it would have to have a harmonic that is infinitely high in frequency to produce a 0 rise time.. Since we can&#039;t do that, no matter how clipped your signal is, you can&#039;t make a square wave.&nbsp;&nbsp; People get far too caught up on the details here.&nbsp; The main issue with clipping is your pushing your amp at its&#039; limits, which often does the same to the sub. If the sub isn&#039;t getting hot or moving too far, dont&#039; worry about it lol.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 8334348, member: 560148"] Just to add, clipping is distortion. Clipping an amp produces higher order harmonics which is also what causes the wave wave to square off. It's not very audible, since it's even order harmonics and most of the time, the subs inducatance will filter most of it out. However, the increased overall volume from the higher gain even with that harmonic filtered out, still cooks the coils pretty easily, although it's VERY easy on tweeters for this reason, no higher order filtering due to smaller voiceoils. Main thing is, don't get too technical or overthink it.. Use the O scope/DMM to get in the ballpark, then see what kind of output you have. Then turn the knob up and down a bit on some loud music and make sure you don't need a bit less or more gain depending on the sitation. Ears should always have the final say, just check the sub once in a while for heat/over excursion until you know things are ok. Anyways a perfectly square wave is literally impossible to reproduce as it would have to have a harmonic that is infinitely high in frequency to produce a 0 rise time.. Since we can't do that, no matter how clipped your signal is, you can't make a square wave. People get far too caught up on the details here. The main issue with clipping is your pushing your amp at its' limits, which often does the same to the sub. If the sub isn't getting hot or moving too far, dont' worry about it lol. [/QUOTE]

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