Well, after fiddling with it a little more this evening, I have found that the problem (clipping) continues when I adjust the EQ settings above a certain point. Just to clarify, I am not overcompensating...in other words, maxing out the values. I heard it clip again tonight on one song, which has higher output than most of the songs stored. I noticed, that adjusting the lower 3 or 4 EQ ranges impacts the clipping more than anything else. So...

All other things being the same as before (same empeg but different hard drive (same brand), amps, alpine head unit etc...) this anomaly seems to be related to the software. I suppose it is possible, but very unlikely, that when running 1.03, I had the EQ settings lower than I recall. And I hear the clipping regardless of the volume on the Alpine...to put it another way, if it is set loud of very low, I can still hear the clipping.

With all of this in mind, has anyone noticed any clipping/popping when certain EQ parameters are set too high?