RyanRosier Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 So is this clipped? 2003 Chevy Silverado Reg Cab. Rockford Fosgate 500a2 and Kicker ZR240 each on their own 12" Kicker Comp S. Small, but everyone's gotta start somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRosier Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Wow.. I would say this is clipped. 2003 Chevy Silverado Reg Cab. Rockford Fosgate 500a2 and Kicker ZR240 each on their own 12" Kicker Comp S. Small, but everyone's gotta start somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullz Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 You have no clue on what clipping is. The wave will be cut off at the top and bottom of the wave. 01 Ford focus ZX3 Pioneer AVH-X491BHS PPI PC 4800.2 Morel Maximo 6.5" x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 So Ryan. As you can see from the diagram above there are two kinds of clipping. They are caused by the signal being pushed to, and beyond it's limitations. Either by running out of electrical energy available or the limitations of the circuitry. A soft clip means you've nearly reached the end of the rope but still have a rounded, though compressed (limited) waveform. Some people like to push their electronics to soft clipping. Hard clipping means you've reached the absolute limits of your amplitude (volume.. measured up and down from the horizontal "zero" line). The waveform ends up being chopped (clipped) off at the top and the bottom due to the inability to produce the full wave. This hard clipping can destroy speakers by causing them to slam to a halt, slam into reverse, slam to a halt again, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRosier Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 You have no clue on what clipping is. The wave will be cut off at the top and bottom of the wave. How do I have no clue? I was obviously talking about the waves with heavy clipping to the right of my picture on the second one. 2003 Chevy Silverado Reg Cab. Rockford Fosgate 500a2 and Kicker ZR240 each on their own 12" Kicker Comp S. Small, but everyone's gotta start somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I wonder if those flat spots are due to the low resolution of the waveform representation. The only reason I wonder is because there are unclipped peaks with higher amplitude right next to the ones with the flat spots. Also because there are flat spots in the middle of the waveform away from the peaks in amplitude. I might be wrong though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeTreeMechanic Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Search for Tony Ds videos. He does an excellent job of explaining this and many other things too. 91 C350 Centurion conversion ( Four Door One Ton Bronco) 250A Alternator (Second Alternator Coming Soon) G65 AGM Up Front / Two G31 AGM in Back Pioneer 80PRS CT Sounds AT125.2 / CT Sounds 6.5 Strato Pro component Front Stage CT Sounds AT125.2 / Lanzar Pro 8" coax w/compression horn tweeter Rear Fill FSD 5000D 1/2 ohm (SoundQubed 7k Coming Soon) Two HDS315 Four Qubes Each 34hz (Two HDC3.118 and New Box Coming Soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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