{"id":1938,"date":"2010-11-23T09:12:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T13:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:24:34","slug":"crown-d75-monitor-amp-goes-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/11\/crown-d75-monitor-amp-goes-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown D75 monitor amp goes terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happened the other day, took out the monitor speakers too. &nbsp;I am not sure how this happened, but the production director reported that the speakers began making very loud squeals. &nbsp;Somebody finally thought to turn off the amp using the conveniently located on\/off switch on the front panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/D75-burned-resistor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/D75-burned-resistor.jpg\" alt=\"Crown D75 audio board burned open resistor\" class=\"wp-image-1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/D75-burned-resistor.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/D75-burned-resistor-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/D75-burned-resistor-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/D75-burned-resistor-400x207.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crown D75 audio board burned open resistor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-watt resistor is burned open. &nbsp;Also, this got so hot it burned a hole in the circuit board below it. &nbsp;Truth be told, I think this amp was about 25 years old and due to be replaced when the new studios were built out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen these Crown amplifiers self-destruct in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happened the other day, took out the monitor speakers too. &nbsp;I am not sure how this happened, but the production director reported that the speakers began making very loud squeals. &nbsp;Somebody finally thought to turn off the amp using the conveniently located on\/off switch on the front panel. The two-watt resistor is burned open. &nbsp;Also, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/11\/crown-d75-monitor-amp-goes-terminal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crown D75 monitor amp goes terminal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[306,80],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tales-of-disaster","tag-audio","tag-burnout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12449,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/12449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}