The D-75A Power Amplifier by Crown
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have grown up in a guitar amplifier world that has always taught that
"bigger and louder" is "better". Let's face it, everyone wants a
Marshall Stack that will produce a sonic wall of sound that would peel
the paint in their practice space. Companies like Marshall and Mesa
Boogie have led the way in large powerful amplifiers, and in the
process they have created signature sounds for many artists. Even so,
there is a growing trend in the guitar amplification. Some players seem
to be trading in their monster setups for smaller systems. These are
typically single cabinet designs with only one or two low wattage
speakers. The reason is really pretty simple - it is easier to drive
enough wattage through a smaller cabinet and have it sound good than it
is a larger one.
I decided a long time ago that I wanted to go this route with my guitar
rack. Unfortunately, this posed some unique problems that I had to
overcome. First, I did not want pay the big dollars to buy a "high end"
low wattage guitar amplifier to run my custom "Tone-Tools" cabinet. I
decided that I would rather run my rack off of a clean low wattage
power amp. Since most low wattage power amps are built for studio
monitors, they generally are designed for four ohm loads. Most guitar
speakers however are eight to sixteen ohm which left me with extremely
limited options with the handful that are four ohm. To solve this
problem, I did some research and came up with the D-75A power amp from
Crown.
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