What amps have a built in gain clip indicator?

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Other than RF with their C.L.E.A.N. and AudioControl's MILC... what other amplifiers have built in indicators for setting the gains?

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[marc2112 10+ year member]

New Incriminator amps have them.

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Mono or 4 channels?

85% of mono blocks these days have them.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Mono or 4 channels?

85% of mono blocks these days have them.

Any number of channels. I am curious as to the options out there where you don't have to use an O-scope or DD-1... ya follow?

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

Zed Leviathan

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Taramps
Sundown SFB
SoundQubed
Crescendo
Incriminator
Synergy
Quite a few others I cant think of on the top of my head.


Or you can make one for any amp.

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

Zapco C2k

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Zed Leviathan

All the latest gen Zed amps have clipping LEDs including the ones he designed for Focal and I'd imagine the Mosconi designs.
Even some of the budget brand names have that feature these days though they're definitely not 100% accurate.

If your goal is to listen to music you should be setting gains by ear, if your goal is SQ competition you should be using RTA, and if you're doing SPL competition you should be using your Termlab.

 

[metalheadjoe 10+ year member]

My Orion HCCA has a remote gain knob with a clip indicator. I have verified it with my oscilloscope.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Neither one of my current amps have one, just "Power/Protect"

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

All the latest gen Zed amps have clipping LEDs including the ones he designed for Focal and I'd imagine the Mosconi designs.
Even some of the budget brand names have that feature these days though they're definitely not 100% accurate.

If your goal is to listen to music you should be setting gains by ear, if your goal is SQ competition you should be using RTA, and if you're doing SPL competition you should be using your Termlab.

I do use an O-scope, miniDSP mic, REW, DSP. It's all a pain.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

Other than RF with their C.L.E.A.N. and AudioControl's MILC... what other amplifiers have built in indicators for setting the gains?

The Sundown amps have a clipping indicator in their bass knobs. At least the SFB line bass knobs do. I'm not sure if every single Sundown amp has that feature though.