whats it mean when a sub clips?

[BassRulesCarz 10+ year member]

my sub makes a noise on certain notes like its hitting the box which its not is the sub clipping its only when i blast the music

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[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

could be tinsel slap or box rattle.

 

[Mackenzie 10+ year member]

my sub makes a noise on certain notes like its hitting the box which its not is the sub clipping its only when i blast the music

What subs you have.

 

[BassRulesCarz 10+ year member]

type x @ 1000 rms at 2 ohms

 

[riad 10+ year member]

box rattle

tinsel leads

voice coil hitting back plate.

one of these three

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Try running a search.....LOTS of info on clipping. Did you use the gain setting tutorial?

 

[DemonaL 10+ year member]

i have the same problem, with that and i have a 2 12's x's

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

is the sub bottoming out? read the gain tutorial and reset your gains.

 

[DemonaL 10+ year member]

**** the way i installed my shit, is anti theft, no one could steal shit unless you had 4 ppl with ya, ya need 2 ppl just to pull the box out, i can do it myself but i dont wanna mess up the trunk rubbers.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Think of clipping like this;

The signal you send the sub is like an instruction; the wave goes up, the cone moves out. The wave goes down, the cone moves in; When you crank the gains up, it makes the signal 'bigger' - so the instruction to move the cone out wants to move the cone further than it can go; since it can't go, the coils are still charged to move out, even though the cone has stopped - which instead of turning the energy into movement, turns it into heat.

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