BTL is a monster

[rc.btl]

ive played my btl on my 2200d at 1 ohm for about a month now and its still not broken in!!!! idk exactly how much power is comin out of it though and not sure if its clipped. so i have now went through at least 4 pages on this clipping then and cant really get it. so if someone could explain this in detail thatd be nice. also a guy at my shop told me clipping is like when u have a sine wave and its a wavy line or somethin like that and u start clipping when that lines goes up and straight instead of wavy. true?? idk just tryin to clean up my system and figured this could be a decent start.

[Guest Scylloga]

The best way to describe it is say you draw a big s. Then turn it on its side.

That is your music wave.

Now as long as the s doesnt get chopped on the top and bottoms because you drew it too big your not having clipping.

But if you drew the s so big it was cut off the page then you would have clipping.

[rc.btl]

that is pretty much what the shop said so i guess they are pretty reliable.. but they couldnt explain to well how to know if ur clippin.. ?? how do you know? and is their different levels of clipping like if my s goes 2inch of the page is that worse then .2inches of the page?

[tlee2]

You can tell if you are by using a O Scope

[rc.btl]

and if you dont have one?? and if you have how would you do it? measure the ac current or somethin like tht?

[Cashdollar2009]

If it sounds like poo, then you are not doing it right. When it is audibly clipping, turn your gains down. It's hard not to "know" if it is clipping. An o-scope would be ideal, ask your shop if they have one?

[rc.btl]

also full tilt i have my stinger vm hooked to my amp and i see about 12.5 to 12.6 volts yet my aq bass knob clip light goes crazy and im not sure why so i am anal about it and rarely turn it up haha i couldnt live with myself if i blew up my btl. i also havent got it warm i let it rip for the entire decaf song. and it looked like it was really movin and i was scared it was gonna be really warm and verything was still cold cept my amp was jus a lil warm

[Cashdollar2009]

and if you dont have one?? and if you have how would you do it? measure the ac current or somethin like tht?

Google FTMFW: Using o-scope to set gains. Check out more at bcae1 for GREAT info!

http://www.bcae1.com/settinggainswithscope.htm

And a side note on your last post...

Most Bass Knobs:

Green = pre-clip

Yellow = soft clip

Red = hard clip

Edited March 15, 2010 by Cashdollar2009

[rc.btl]

you cant hear a difference when the clip light comes on cept for that my interior lights dim. it doesnt sound like poo to me but maybe a real audio critic would would think it would but it sounds by far by the best sounding set up ive had.

[rc.btl]

my clip light is just red.