Wolf4Life Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/embed/qezbbQSCcL4 - I would have of added/linked the video but not sure how. Sorry about not saying anything but don’t want to listen to myself. I HU clips on 35-35 or 33-35 depending on voltage so to besafe I set it at 32. The amp is not right on the money or the DD-1 is not on themoney but nonethe less I love it and it is a great fast and easy tool andI have yet to have anyissues. I know it says to put the remote at ½ and set yourgain but it seems like if you do that and have a little play and are not carefulyou may still damage your sub(s) from clipping/heat. I have not tested it thoughbut I set mine at max when setting my gain so I can always go lower but not tohigh. The built-in light has a soft-clip at 31 and a hard-clip at32, the DD-1 comes on at 33 so that’s close enough for me to belive in it.Although I did before I just wanted another video besides an o-scope showing thatit works correctly. The other issue I had was not so much the DD-1 itself butdifferent Head unit or processors can change how it may read the test tones. I saythis because almost no song unless recorded to high or has been modified getsany higher then around 0db. Anything past 0db is considered clipping. You may get +3dbfrom a port or whatever or a change in db tospace but that is after the amp and is not really clipping it more about being efficient. I say all of that because I used to always use-10db to get it to sound what I was used to when I used a o-scope at 0db, inthat I could use the DD-1 at 0bd and was not happy and kind of knocked it as nogood like some people do. That is not the case though as I found today I figured I would turn off my crossover and leteverything go through my head unit as it was recorded to do, then I set my infrasonic andcrossover the best I could with out Steve’s gadget I played test tones and adjusted until itsounded right to me. Then when making this video for fun I saw that what was onceset with -10db Is now reading the same at 0db, so just because you do notthink it works like they say It could be you do not know as much as you thought you did.Well I am done with my little rant. Thanks D'Amore Engineering and Steve for a great tool and way less than a o-scope you may only drag out once in a great while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundstream15 Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Dd-1 will always be correct, compare to a clipping light on a amp or knob..so your saying -10db is actually 0db..got me confused on that one...I use -10db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballen194 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 basically the clip indicator on the amp is "playing it safe". kind of a good thing for those that actually rely on the clip indcator light if you ask me. 98 Isuzu Rodeo Pioneer Deh-6300ub SUBS*Upcoming* SSA Xcon 18 4th order AMP Banda 3500 Mids/Highs Pioneer EQ Clarion EQS746 ETC. Two 1/0 run's KnuKoncepts 1/0 big 3 Shuriken BT-100 under the hood Shuriken BT-120 in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVOofRustler Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 I did something pretty similar a couple months ago with my Crescendo clippping indicator 2002 Dodge Dakota 4.7 club cab - Sold 2004 Audi S4 Avant - Fi and Crescendo - Stock Bose System - http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147725-2002-dodge-dakota-end-of-the-road/?hl=%202002%20%20dakota 136.4 Sealed @ 29hz 137.0 Drivers window open @ 26hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Clipping indicators on amplifiers are triggered to turn on when the amplifier rail voltage meets or exceeds a certain number, Every amp I ever seen and tested with my dd-1 and my old snap-on oscilloscope had the light blink before the amplifier was clipping. So if you tune your amp going off the clipping indicator on your amps or remote knobs, your not getting full useful power from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVOofRustler Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Clipping indicators on amplifiers are triggered to turn on when the amplifier rail voltage meets or exceeds a certain number, Every amp I ever seen and tested with my dd-1 and my old snap-on oscilloscope had the light blink before the amplifier was clipping. So if you tune your amp going off the clipping indicator on your amps or remote knobs, your not getting full useful power from it. Could you explain a bit on what rail voltage actually is? Does it take the input voltage, multiplied by amperage and then factors in some sort of pre-set efficiency? Or is it simply just an estimate by the amp? 2002 Dodge Dakota 4.7 club cab - Sold 2004 Audi S4 Avant - Fi and Crescendo - Stock Bose System - http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147725-2002-dodge-dakota-end-of-the-road/?hl=%202002%20%20dakota 136.4 Sealed @ 29hz 137.0 Drivers window open @ 26hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballen194 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Clipping indicators on amplifiers are triggered to turn on when the amplifier rail voltage meets or exceeds a certain number, Every amp I ever seen and tested with my dd-1 and my old snap-on oscilloscope had the light blink before the amplifier was clipping. So if you tune your amp going off the clipping indicator on your amps or remote knobs, your not getting full useful power from it. right. but its pretty damn close though isnt it? (atleast with these videos) and with seeing these it makes me trust a clipping light more especially when its playing it safe and showing clip when its not clipping. or is it still wrong to trust the light? 98 Isuzu Rodeo Pioneer Deh-6300ub SUBS*Upcoming* SSA Xcon 18 4th order AMP Banda 3500 Mids/Highs Pioneer EQ Clarion EQS746 ETC. Two 1/0 run's KnuKoncepts 1/0 big 3 Shuriken BT-100 under the hood Shuriken BT-120 in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassinyerface Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Idk. About you guys but I'd rather be a tad under then clipping you know? 2003 f150, 2 ab hd 15 on brutus 2400.1, kinetik batt, big 3, knu wire, image dynamics cxs 6.5 with ppi tweets, pioneer 1din and clarion eq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvi45 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Clipping indicators on amplifiers are triggered to turn on when the amplifier rail voltage meets or exceeds a certain number, Every amp I ever seen and tested with my dd-1 and my old snap-on oscilloscope had the light blink before the amplifier was clipping. So if you tune your amp going off the clipping indicator on your amps or remote knobs, your not getting full useful power from it. right. but its pretty damn close though isnt it? (atleast with these videos) and with seeing these it makes me trust a clipping light more especially when its playing it safe and showing clip when its not clipping. or is it still wrong to trust the light? I don't about u but I would like to get the best out of what I have not 90 percent .. I would not trust the clipping light on these amps to the fullest they are just ment to give u an idea.. I would not trust those lights over the dd-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvi45 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Idk. About you guys but I'd rather be a tad under then clipping you know? I can understand that but what I don't agree on is to trust a clipping light on a amp over the dd-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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