Clipping Receiver?

[Wolfy]

Hi everybody! I am new to the forum so take it easy on me! I have done some research and a search here on clipping and receivers, and I want to know if mine is clipping. How can I tell? I hear little popping noises at times when watching tv and listening to cds. At times it is almost like static? I hope that makes sense. I have a denon 1708 receiver with 75 watts per channel driving energy speakers (fronts are c-300's) which say they can handle up to 125 watts. I can't find minimum amount for watts on the speakers. I am also bi amping the fronts.
Any help and input would be well appreciated.
Other things of note: I think the connections are all tight. I have not noticed the popping with an sacd or dvd audio and I don't think it does it with vinyl but am not positive about the vinyl part. I notice it mostly on tv and sometimes on cd. Finally, I don't seem to notice it with the rear speakers, which are c-100's.
Thanks,
Wolfy

[Audiophile_At_Birth]

Hmmm...the way you can tell if you are clipping is if you hear severe static....actually, I wouldn't know how to describe it. It's called distortion, and if your sound doesn't sound clean to you, and it sounds muddy and has a buzzy sound with some severe static thrown in there, that's when you are clipping.

[Wolfy]

The word "severe" jumps out at me. I wouldn't describe it as severe. And it doesn't happen all the time. The sound isn't muddy or has a buzzy sound. Maybe I'll fool around with some stuff and see what happens. I think I will turn the sound down at the set top box and see if that fixes the tv. I guess the clipping on the cd's could be the cd clipping.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Wolfy

The word "severe" jumps out at me. I wouldn't describe it as severe. And it doesn't happen all the time. The sound isn't muddy or has a buzzy sound. Maybe I'll fool around with some stuff and see what happens. I think I will turn the sound down at the set top box and see if that fixes the tv. I guess the clipping on the cd's could be the cd clipping.

Wait, so are you cranking the volume at sources other than your receiver/amp? If so, turn them down. They don't have good amplifiers in them and are possibly distorting/clipping the sound, which may be what you're hearing. Keep them at whatever default level there is and let your amp do the work.

[Wolfy]

Thanks for the responses, guys. aramis109, I had the tv volume on the stb all the way up because that was how the uverse guy set it. Maybe I shouldn't have listened to him. I put it down half way and will see if that helps. I think it will. Also, I went into the multichannel setup on my universal dvd player and turned everything from the default (0db) to -5db. They can go down to -12db. But I don't know if that is just for the multichannel out or everything. I don't see anything else I can change on the dvd player to try to sort out the cd's. I will see if that fixes it.
Thanks,
Wolfy