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<blockquote data-quote="Art Welter" data-source="post: 40906" data-attributes="member: 52">Re: Tickling the clip lights...Bennett,The clip lights should be indicative of the actual power delivered by the amplifier on peaks, but not the average power.You wrote:&quot;Let&#039;s take 10dB since the math is easy, if your amp is good for 2000 watts and you&#039;re tapping clip lights you&#039;re probably not delivering more than 200 watts to your loudspeaker.&quot;In your example, the peak power should be 2000 watts at some frequency, for some short duration of time, though the average power heating up the voice coil is only around 200 watts.Depending on the amp and the clip light design, and the duration and frequency of the transient, the amp could be producing quite a bit more power than it is rated for when the clip light illuminates.Some amps sound like crap as soon as the clip light flashes, others can be pushed another 3 -6 dB harder and still sound like music.Art</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Art Welter, post: 40906, member: 52"] Re: Tickling the clip lights... Bennett, The clip lights should be indicative of the actual power delivered by the amplifier on peaks, but not the average power. You wrote: "Let's take 10dB since the math is easy, if your amp is good for 2000 watts and you're tapping clip lights you're probably not delivering more than 200 watts to your loudspeaker." In your example, the peak power should be 2000 watts at some frequency, for some short duration of time, though the [B]average[/B] power heating up the voice coil is only around 200 watts. Depending on the amp and the clip light design, and the duration and frequency of the transient, the amp could be producing quite a bit more power than it is rated for when the clip light illuminates. Some amps sound like crap as soon as the clip light flashes, others can be pushed another 3 -6 dB harder and still sound like music. Art [/QUOTE]

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