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Amps with clip indicators that fire at 3dB below actual clip?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Cameron" data-source="post: 47601" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>Re: Amps with clip indicators that fire at 3dB below actual clip?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I fired off an email last night to Yorkville inquiring about what amp manufacturers they were referring to and also if that's what they're actually doing with their amps. If I get a reply, I'll be sure to post it. But their statements really don't make any sense. Unless "most manufacturer' amps" have some type of microprocessor to compute 3dB below clip based on the actual load & AC mains voltage, how the heck are they supposed to reliably fire off the clip light 3dB below clip? And then how are you supposed to know when you are actually clipping if the light is lying to you and telling you're clipping when you've only used up 50% of your headroom. It's confounding and illogical to me...</p><p></p><p>Greg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Cameron, post: 47601, member: 42"] Re: Amps with clip indicators that fire at 3dB below actual clip? I fired off an email last night to Yorkville inquiring about what amp manufacturers they were referring to and also if that's what they're actually doing with their amps. If I get a reply, I'll be sure to post it. But their statements really don't make any sense. Unless "most manufacturer' amps" have some type of microprocessor to compute 3dB below clip based on the actual load & AC mains voltage, how the heck are they supposed to reliably fire off the clip light 3dB below clip? And then how are you supposed to know when you are actually clipping if the light is lying to you and telling you're clipping when you've only used up 50% of your headroom. It's confounding and illogical to me... Greg [/QUOTE]
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