Clipping

Hi. For those who are still reading this thread, here are the final results: changed tracking weight for the Koestsu cartridge to 1.9 with tracking force of 2.3, changed the Cary Audio SL-80 to ultrlinear mode (50 watts vs. 25 watts) and the cartridge load to 115 ohms and voila! No clipping even at 11 o'clock with a sound db level of 85. No distortion.  Hope this helps for those who are trying to get both Rock and Jazz from a low watt efficient tibe and speaker configuration. It can be done if you take some time to listen to the experts on this site and be patient!! Thanks again everyone. 

There you have it, you were running out of power and probably not mistracking.

*throws yellow flag*

"Clipping by the offensive team!  5 yard penalty, 2nd down!"

*hmm* 2.3.....85db....

Put the Linn in the next room the next time...;)

"...good times, bad times, y'know I've had my share...."

...I had that album stolen from me....
...serious Black Candle curse applied....<:(> ;)

For every 3db increase in SPL a doubling of amp power is required. So: 2 watts, 4 watts, 8 watts, 16 watts, 32 watts, 64 watts ... so even just a few clicks upward on the volume control soon reaches the amp's limit when trying to go louder on moderate sensitivity speakers!