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playing waveforms that are clipped to begin with
Is it dangerous to play MP3/WAV files that, when viewing their waveform in
an editor program, show that the waveform is clipped at the loudest points? I understand that speakers are in danger when head units or amplifiers clip a signal, but I do have a number of digital music files that seem to contain clipping to begin with, and I am afraid I may be causing damage to my speakers or sub. Thanks for any help, George |
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playing waveforms that are clipped to begin with
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news Is it dangerous to play MP3/WAV files that, when viewing their waveform in an editor program, show that the waveform is clipped at the loudest points? I understand that speakers are in danger when head units or amplifiers clip a signal, but I do have a number of digital music files that seem to contain clipping to begin with, and I am afraid I may be causing damage to my speakers or sub. Thanks for any help, George I think that's a toss-up. A lot of people will say no and a lot of people will say yes. My guess is that it won't hurt anything at considerable volume and power levels. You're not getting much more than a square wave with high amplitude, and your amp will be reproducing this, but if you're hearing a noise that sounds like popping or a fart I'd be more worried about physically busting your speaker cone at high volume rather than overheating your amp or voice coils. Still, it's a toss up. I don't think people really have the experience with this, but I've heard a few arguments about it. If you really want to, download a different unclipped copy of the audio if you can, or download Goldwave and try to clean it up a little bit. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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playing waveforms that are clipped to begin with
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George wrote: Is it dangerous to play MP3/WAV files that, when viewing their waveform in an editor program, show that the waveform is clipped at the loudest points? I understand that speakers are in danger when head units or amplifiers clip a signal, but I do have a number of digital music files that seem to contain clipping to begin with, and I am afraid I may be causing damage to my speakers or sub. Thanks for any help, George All popular music from about the last 10 years is "clipped". If you look at a waveform and it resembles a 2x4, chances are its been limited to -0.3db of its life. Notice though that this clipping is present before your amplifier on previously recorded material, clipping that is produced as an artifact of driving an amplifier too hard is another story. -- Cyrus *coughcasaucedoprodigynetcough* |
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