Throwing out an idea for some midbass action....

[n8ball2013]

i think you like to sound like you know what you are talking about and you really have no idea. Sit back read and when you think you know whats going on read some more.

[Guest]

I think I may be the first example.

I don't hear any clipping, but the evidence is pointing to such. Like it is clipping just enough to cause issues, but not enough for me to notice it immediately.

i just re-oscoped my audiopipe amp and i found out i was clipping a good amount, even when i thought i wasnt.

[SnowDrifter]

i think you like to sound like you know what you are talking about and you really have no idea. Sit back read and when you think you know whats going on read some more.

Nope. Just the opposite. See my previous comment: "Sorry for my un-ending confusion... I have JUST gotten into car audio, and I am trying to wrap my head around a lot of this stuff."

[ChevyBoy95]

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[Alex K]

I think I may be the first example.

I don't hear any clipping, but the evidence is pointing to such. Like it is clipping just enough to cause issues, but not enough for me to notice it immediately.

You're definetly know you're clipping when the sub goes up, lol. I don't really know if theres a difference in clipping, and the sub reaching mechanical limits? I know my sub I can hear the voice coil slapping the bottom of the magnet when i'm doing a tone at 29 full tilt, and i push it just a little further to squeeze any more tenths out.. I'm not too sure if that would cause a sub to die or not. I would suppose if it was done for long enough it would.

[Ricky A.]

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[SnowDrifter]

You're definetly know you're clipping when the sub goes up, lol. I don't really know if theres a difference in clipping, and the sub reaching mechanical limits? I know my sub I can hear the voice coil slapping the bottom of the magnet when i'm doing a tone at 29 full tilt, and i push it just a little further to squeeze any more tenths out.. I'm not too sure if that would cause a sub to die or not. I would suppose if it was done for long enough it would.

It is my understanding that clipping is caused by the amplifier. Like when the sine wave goes from being sine-like to 'topping out.' Think of it as your amp bottoming out. See thisto read up on it.

I don't know why, but I know that clipping a sub causes a bunch of heat to build up in the voice coil, thus cooking it.

Edit: I take that back, I do know how... I just don't know why. It's 'cause the amp is pumping out much more power when it clips, enough to fry a voice coil because it is pushed beyond it's ratings

[SnowDrifter]

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I just know this will haunt me in the future =P

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[MrSkippyJ]

It is my understanding that clipping is caused by the amplifier. Like when the sine wave goes from being sine-like to 'topping out.' Think of it as your amp bottoming out. See thisto read up on it.

I don't know why, but I know that clipping a sub causes a bunch of heat to build up in the voice coil, thus cooking it.

Edit: I take that back, I do know how... I just don't know why. It's 'cause the amp is pumping out much more power when it clips, enough to fry a voice coil because it is pushed beyond it's ratings

Without understaning it completely myself, it is like this. The signal put out by the amp is both DC and AC. The AC signal is "contained" inside the DC signal under normal circumstances. When you turn things up too much, the AC signal reaches the boundries of the DC signal and can go no further. Once this happens, (it shows up as the flat part on a scope) you are in effect (or actually) sending DC to your speakers.