[DD-1 and clipping.?]

Well im going to follow decaf's advice. I'll let you guys know how it goes!

[DD-1 and clipping.?]

i say back off to the clip. the dd1 is to dectect distortion, not clipping. so even with a soft clip ther might not be distotion. one would say distortion before clipping. but who knows. either way even if it doesnt distort, there can always be a soft clip you wont be able to see without a good oscope. if you trust your clip indicator, and the dd1, i say jus set it prior to the dd1,there for you be distortion free and clipp free from what the indicator is reading

distortion comes from clipping, and can be present before clipping. two separate things.

the clip light on the amp is lighting when rail voltage meets output voltage, so if you play a song louder than the track you used to set sub amp gains, you will clip/distort.

so you're basically saying that the music is most likely playing louder than the test tone from the dd-1.? i used track 5 (40hz, -10db) to tune it.. should i use the -5db track instead.?

[DD-1 and clipping.?]

so from what i'm hearing, i should just forget about my clip light.? more details, the h/u is a Pioneer AVH 3300BT, sub amp is a DD M3a, and sub is a DD 9512 D1 wired to .5 ohm.

[DD-1 and clipping.?]

hmm.... a lot of mixed responses. lol but what i dont see is why people are preferring me to stick to the dd-1 instead of the clip light. my h/u distorts at 39/40 and the clip light starts going off around 28-29.

[DD-1 and clipping.?]

hey guys, i just recently got my DD-1 over the weekend, and must admit, it did work to my interiors.! sounds way better than before. my main question is that while tuning the sub amp, i noticed that the amp's clip indicator was going off before the DD-1 detected distortion. should i just adjust my gains to where the amp starts to clip, or should i follow the DD-1 and tune until where it starts to distort.? thanks guys.