What does clipping sound like?

Music is not clear....
there’s a roughness to the highs and midrange which leads to blown resistors in speakers crossovers.  

     Alcohol costs more damage to tweeters and crossovers than normal. 

  Luckily Energy had such good service(Klipsch actually)
sent me a brand new crossover, opened speaker, labeled wires to what drivers....replaced crossovers,.........as new!
don’t turn volume up so much thee days. 

   Have old crossovers and may b sending to be fixed. Will b nice to have backup!


    Speakers 250W 
amp 650:W 8Ohm 
Lots booze, ac/dc, UFO,/ humble pie/ Motörhead, Van Halen/...foghat/ 

     Smelled,burning........was speaker resistor.....
Stinks!  Good service!
happy!

I can't believe the level of stupidity in some of these posts. Well... actually...yes I can. 

The "clipping"...or distortion... can be narrowed down by the process of elimination. It's not happening with Netflix...therefore it's not an amp problem. It seems to happen only with vinyl records on the turntable. the most likely culprit is a worn out stylus. I had the same issue with a Philips turntable many years ago. Phono stylus does, in fact, wear out...and cause distortion on record playback.

I have less than 200 hours on my Miyajima Shalabi. Triplanar arm, Woodsong Garrard 301.
I am actually hoping that it is a compliance mismatch cart and arm.
Just playing 1812 Overture on the cannons the arm jumped off the record and the sound stopped for an instant!
Sure seems like the cart is not tracking.
At least I now have a torture test!

That’s one of the limitations of vinyl records...lol... A digital recording might have sent your woofers’ cones flying across the room.

I bought a JBL C37 cabinet loaded with a 175DLH and 130A from a gentleman that actually built it in 1957 when he worked there. He advertised the system for sale on Craigslist. Prospective buyer showed up to test it with his McIntosh and turntable with The 1812 Overture with Cannons. Cannons went off...something didn’t sound right...Guy packed up his amp and turntable and split...because he split the cone on the 130A. "yeah...well...ok...thanks..." and he left.

on some amps the clipping seems benign, just a squashing of dynamics. i've heard some tube amps that did that. on most transistorized amps i've heard, it is harsh hash, or loud crackling.