whats it mean when a sub clips

[BassRulesCarz 10+ year member]

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[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Clipping occurs when an offensive player (in this case your amp) blocks a defensive player from behind.

 

[BassRulesCarz 10+ year member]

so whats that mean when a amp blocks a sound ? is that case does it mean its blocking out a note if so then what do i do to fix it?

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

http://www.bcae1.com/2ltlpwr.htm

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[riad 10+ year member]

Subwoofers don't clip. They just reproduce the signal they are fed by the amplifiers. It's the amplifier that clips.

An amplifier reaches clipping point when it starts to emit square block waves instead or triangular sine type waves. These waves when amplified cause erattic coil and cone movment in your subwoofer which can cause voice coil overheating or mechanical damage. Most amplifiers use type P and type N Mosfet transistors. A Type N for the +ve speaker lead and a type P for the -ve speaker lead. The type P is a little slower that the type N transistor and iz only used for retracting the cone backwards. Normally this transistor induces the clipping.

The only way to prevent an amplifier from clipping is to either turn the levels down or increase load impedance.

Bear in mind that head units, crossovers and equalizers clip in the same way.

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Clipping occurs when an offensive player (in this case your amp) blocks a defensive player from behind.

Sorry I was being an ***. Its Friday night. Dont hate!! /sniff/