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RE: "Thankfully the owners aren't in a position to compare to "un-clipped" rendition."

Yes, but only if you could "turn it down", without lowering the level, so no.
The effect isn't audible as a stand alone flaw, that was what struck me, there was no clue it was happening UNTIL i switched to an amplifier that could swing a larger voltage. This was done matching the gains and testing with a switch so one could have an instant comparison.
It was examining the amplifier output on an oscilloscope which reveled that while the Vu indicator suggested we were WAY down from 0dB, that there were very short peaks reaching the Vlimit. It was the on set of instantaneous clipping that marked the point the two amps began to sound different.

Keep in mind, these things are too short to hear like classical clipping.
Also, these peaks are not what you see on a Vu meter even on 'fast', this is an instantaneous thing.
Best,
Tom




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