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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 75849" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Danley SM80 and others shootout Monday January 14 at Danley in Gainesville, GA.Just one quick caveat.. and most of my testing experience is related to electronic audio paths to take this in that context. I have seen some misleading unintended consequences of clipping amplifiers or audio paths, where the signal overload adds HF content (distortion). Subjectively a small amount of clipping could add to a sense of wide band response. Clipping only becomes easily identifiable by inexperienced listeners as distortion when the more persistent LF envelope gets stepped on, creating more audible mid-frequency band artifacts.. Clipping short duration LF transients (like drum hits) can add &quot;snap&quot;, &quot;crackle&quot; and &quot;pop&quot;, that wasn&#039;t in the original sound. JRPS: Loudspeaker drivers do not clip in a similar way to electronic paths. The distinctive &quot;snap&quot; of a driver bottoming, should never be confused for valid signal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 75849, member: 126"] Re: Danley SM80 and others shootout Monday January 14 at Danley in Gainesville, GA. Just one quick caveat.. and most of my testing experience is related to electronic audio paths to take this in that context. I have seen some misleading unintended consequences of clipping amplifiers or audio paths, where the signal overload adds HF content (distortion). Subjectively a small amount of clipping could add to a sense of wide band response. Clipping only becomes easily identifiable by inexperienced listeners as distortion when the more persistent LF envelope gets stepped on, creating more audible mid-frequency band artifacts.. Clipping short duration LF transients (like drum hits) can add "snap", "crackle" and "pop", that wasn't in the original sound. JR PS: Loudspeaker drivers do not clip in a similar way to electronic paths. The distinctive "snap" of a driver bottoming, should never be confused for valid signal. [/QUOTE]

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