Peavey TNT clipping question

If the clipping isn't audible, don't worry about it. The occasional transient isn't going to destroy your speaker. If the clipping is so extreme that the signal becomes audibly distorted, you might worry about clipping the signal so much you're putting out square waveforms, which tend to jerk your speaker back and forth rapidly. Most speakers aren't designed to handle that kind of abuse. Peavey amps generally have enough headroom that you couldn't clip a waveform that much without a distortion pedal, however, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

I had the same experience with my Peavey Max 700. I had the gain at about 4/5 and the master at about 4/5. the EQ was mostly flat and the DDT speaker protection was enabled...I play an Active Spector Euro 5 so I enabled the "active" button on the Peavey head. I had my on board pre amp volume half way...could this be why I am getting some clipping? Should I lower the volume of my on board pre amp??

jabberwock777 said that if the clipping isn't audible not to worry about it. In my case there was no audible clipping, but as soon as I seen the green light on the Peavey turn to red a few times I got a little concerned and found myself staring at it for most of band practice.

 

The DDT protection is supposed to protect your speakers, but when I had mine I was still paranoid about it clipping all the time. I eventually added a 2x10 cabinet so it had a bit more watts, it pretty much solved my clipping problem but it was a lot of gear to haul around.