clipping

Hey Folks, I have a peculiar condition that I am looking to get some perspective on regarding a Pioneer SX-750 that I just finished restoring with new caps and transistors. After completing the job, I proceeded to do a power test with an 8-ohm dummy load and scope to look for channel symmetry...

Hi there, long story short, I’ve got a Yamaha RS 202 and I’m using it with 70s midfi speakers (RTR EXP-12 8 ohm and an advent prodigy I 6 ohm, 4 ohm minimum). the other day, I hooked up both. I played them a little loud, not pushing it too hard, about 80 on the amp volume. The amps apparently...

I read in an audio magazine years ago that if you never put the VU meters needle's into the red, you'll never blow a set of speakers. I don't really do any recording lately, however; I've been thinking about adding external VU meters to my various systems as an indicator of how hard I am pushing...

I'm new to hifi repair and have become really engrossed with it's puzzles. I found a Technics SA-101 on the street last week and took it home out of curiosity. I need to give it a deeper clean but I don't think that's where my issues lie at the moment. When I got the amp, the right channel was...

Hi all, hoping for some advice with a recent purchase. After becoming fed up with trying to fix the IGD problems with my AT95E, I decided to replace it with a vintage Stanton D600EE that I already owned. I bought a replacement stylus for it on LPGear (which hopefully isn't the source of my...

I’ve had the Yamaha CA-610 for about a year. Got it from someone cleaning out their basement for renovations. Cleaned it up, dusted it and overall it’s been good. Some scratchyness is on the volume and balance but overall good. Solid clean sound. I decided to shell out some money for some nice...

I just got my first ever pair of really quality speakers. (Well, by my standards - I’m sure some folks on here are familiar with some super high end stuff.) I got a pair of McIntosh ML-10Cs. The hifi restore/repair expert I bought them from said that I should beware of clipping given the...

So I have this aging receiver (TEAC AG-V8060) that has stood the test of time up until recently. I noticed that the left channel sounded like it was clipping. At first I thought I blew a woofer cone, since it was mostly occurring with the kick drum. I freaked out and took the cloth grille off...

I have a pair of Cerwin Vegas 12", they're rated for 300 watts max and I am considering getting a Yamaha A-S500 to drive them. The Yamaha s500 is only rated for 85 watts x2 unfortunately. I'm looking for something below $500 in order to get decent sound quality and volume, ideally a Yamaha since...

My amp is cutting on high volume! Let's say we watch a movie, when the sound goes higher, it cuts out. Can these be paired together? Are those speakers too demanding for my amp? Or maybe my amp needs to be serviced or cleaned?

In my present system I’m driving 150w speakers with a 100wpc power amp. I run my power amp wide open and control volume with my preamp. When I am really pushing the volume, the preamp potentiometer sits at 1 or 2 o’clock and I’m worried about inaudible clipping damaging my speakers. What I...

Hi, I recently revived an old Accuphase E-202, but when I turn on the bass boost, I can hear slight clipping. I have not re-cap the unit, only work done is replacement all the failing and ailing transistors on the power supply board (719-0004-00), main drive amp board (710-0002-00) and the...

Hi all, new to the forum... I recently threw together a new setup, a carver c-4000 into a carver m1.5t (1200w RMS) into some 80's Snell series III type a speakers. I listen to a lot of classical music, and today was listening to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. (volume on around 5/12 on power amp)...

Hi all, Adcom question, but some background first, if too long-winded skip the next 3 paragraphs of how I got the amp and speakers. I recently picked up some gear from Craigslist, I was after decent floor standers with WAF as we got new furniture just before the holidays and the double stacked...

I am looking for advice on a distortion issue. I have acquired a Heathkit AD-1703 10-Band Octave Equalizer and am noticing heavy distortion when I boost the lower frequencies. I usually do not use an equalizer, but was testing this out. If I boost the lower frequencies with the built in...

Hello hello, Wondered if someone could help me with an answer to this problem: Recently got a Breeze Audio (TPA 3116) 50W+50W+100W, 2.1 cheap chip amp off eBay. I'm using it to run a pair of B&W 601 S2's. They are rated at 100W so figured they should be ok (not ideal I know) with this...