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by Gameboy42 on October 9th, 2003

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What is clipping?

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  • by Gameboy42 on October 9th, 2003

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    In essence, clipping distortion occurs when you've turned up the volume too high. Your amplifier then cannot produce any more power, so it "clips" off the tops of the power-intensive signals you're telling it to sends to your speakers. This clipping generates extra high-frequency noise in your speakers, causing distortion, and giving your tweeters a hard time. If you persist in this abuse to your stereo, this distortion can blow your tweeters, so to speak.

    In order to avoid clipping, you should make sure your amplifier is rated well above the power output you're going to need on a regular basis. Some high-end amplifiers have a feature that limits clipping as well.

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