soft clipping, and mostly even harmonics), resulting in harmonic distortion that is generally less objectionable.

Some audiophiles believe that the clipping behavior of vacuum tubes with little or no negative feedback is superior to that of transistors, in that vacuum tubes clip more gradually than transistors (i.e. Many electric guitar players intentionally overdrive their amplifiers (or insert a 'fuzz box') to cause clipping in order to get a desired sound (see guitar distortion). Some amplifiers are able to deliver peak power without clipping for short durations before energy stored in the power supply is depleted or the amplifier begins to overheat. Clipping may occur due to limitations in the power supply or the output stage. The extra signal which is beyond the capability of the amplifier is simply cut off, resulting in a sine wave becoming a distorted square-wave-type waveform.Īmplifiers have voltage, current and thermal limits. As the signal simply 'cuts' or 'clips' at the maximum capacity of the amplifier, the signal is said to be 'clipping'. When an amplifier is pushed to create a signal with more power than its power supply can produce, it will amplify the signal only up to its maximum capacity, at which point the signal can be amplified no further.

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