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Why do guitars sound distorted so fast on the system?
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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6842600" data-attributes="member: 549629"><p>Rock songs dont tend to have a lot of distortion because of the microphones. lol Its common practice in rock bands/songs to overload the guitar amp (clip them) and purposefully create distortion, as part of the song/music. I suspect the OP's complaint has to do with this. His system is simply reproducing the song. But in this circumstance you have to be confident of your gain settings, so you knows its the song and not your own amps clipping.</p><p></p><p>And no, playing a song that has distortion added to the sound does not hurt your speakers. Real distortion is accompanied by a squared wave: more-than-spec-rated power output while suppressing cone excursion, both of which mean more heat for the speaker motor to dissipate. But, your stereo reproducing distortion created through Metallica's amplifier/speaker and recorded is merely your stereo reproducing the sound of the distortion, there is no squared signal wave in your stereo's signal chain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6842600, member: 549629"] Rock songs dont tend to have a lot of distortion because of the microphones. lol Its common practice in rock bands/songs to overload the guitar amp (clip them) and purposefully create distortion, as part of the song/music. I suspect the OP's complaint has to do with this. His system is simply reproducing the song. But in this circumstance you have to be confident of your gain settings, so you knows its the song and not your own amps clipping. And no, playing a song that has distortion added to the sound does not hurt your speakers. Real distortion is accompanied by a squared wave: more-than-spec-rated power output while suppressing cone excursion, both of which mean more heat for the speaker motor to dissipate. But, your stereo reproducing distortion created through Metallica's amplifier/speaker and recorded is merely your stereo reproducing the sound of the distortion, there is no squared signal wave in your stereo's signal chain. [/QUOTE]
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