Hey folks. I was playing at Bonaroo this weekend and using my KM84s. Everything was fine during mic check.
A bolt of lightning struck VERY close to us. Sounded like a rifle - flash and bang at the same time. One of the KM84s stopped working (there is very low undistorted signal). No other equipment was damaged.
I got them home, swapped capsules, and determined the capsule is fine.
I'm not saying that the lightning caused the malfunction - could have been coincidence - but could something have been damaged due to high SPL? Could this cause the FET or one of the old tanatlum caps to fail? Is there a particular area I should zero in on?
A bolt of lightning struck VERY close to us. Sounded like a rifle - flash and bang at the same time. One of the KM84s stopped working (there is very low undistorted signal). No other equipment was damaged.
I got them home, swapped capsules, and determined the capsule is fine.
I'm not saying that the lightning caused the malfunction - could have been coincidence - but could something have been damaged due to high SPL? Could this cause the FET or one of the old tanatlum caps to fail? Is there a particular area I should zero in on?