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<blockquote data-quote="thch" data-source="post: 1539759" data-attributes="member: 562032">@thylantyr, your idea is a DMM replacement, you don&#039;t detect clipping at all, but rather a voltage output that you concider to be clipped.&nbsp; the reason behind an OScope is to determing exactly what voltage output this would be, but OScopes are expensive.&nbsp; Handheld scopes often offer low resolution screens, making the onset of clipping a bit vague.&nbsp; this is really only important for things like HU preouts where you want to garuntee there is no clipping.@Raven, as it would turn out, clipping doens&#039;t increase DC power.&nbsp; its a common misunderstanding, but it actually increases AC power.&nbsp; this is also why clipping for arbitary waves can be difficult to do spectrally -- you have no idea if something is part of the music or distortion.@Thylantyr, the RF amp may be a bit off topic.&nbsp; possibly start a thread?&nbsp; also, i&#039;m a bit confused by the circuit depiction, are all elements in series?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thch, post: 1539759, member: 562032"] @thylantyr, your idea is a DMM replacement, you don't detect clipping at all, but rather a voltage output that you concider to be clipped. the reason behind an OScope is to determing exactly what voltage output this would be, but OScopes are expensive. Handheld scopes often offer low resolution screens, making the onset of clipping a bit vague. this is really only important for things like HU preouts where you want to garuntee there is no clipping. @Raven, as it would turn out, clipping doens't increase DC power. its a common misunderstanding, but it actually increases AC power. this is also why clipping for arbitary waves can be difficult to do spectrally -- you have no idea if something is part of the music or distortion. @Thylantyr, the RF amp may be a bit off topic. possibly start a thread? also, i'm a bit confused by the circuit depiction, are all elements in series? [/QUOTE]

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