Kinki Vision THR-1: Will It Blow Up?

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Published 2024-02-28
After repairing the Kinki Headphone Amp, Mark puts it through a Kinki Endurance Test, to see if he can blow it up again. Is it really over-engineered?

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All Comments (21)
  • @Matt_Aquila
    "If you don't connect anything silly to it, it won't blow up!" - best electrical advice ever!
  • @AntiDot70
    Mark, you really need to start selling stickers and t-shirts with "If you don't connect anything silly to it, it won't blow up!"
  • @andrewwturner
    It's always a treat when you release a new video and what a gem this was. Not many people could explain thermal dissipation without sending their audience to sleep but you pulled it off perfectly. I bet you spent a considerable amount of time working on this short video... Thank you.
  • @abigailhowes5944
    I wish you lived near me, as I would bring some of my electronics that need repair to you. Mark you are a true technician., not just a parts replacer. I watch you repair things, make new parts from scratch, and analyze a problem. I have only seen once where you couldn't fix something, but everything else you could. You are a joy to watch! Thank you and keep up the good work!
  • @glennbarker222
    Good job you decided to do the follow up test and identified the duff input socket. Nice bit of testing, interesting.
  • There are so many little things that occur in your diagnostics and demonstrations that are unintended teaching moments--but when I pay attention I pick up stuff that's not in any book. Thank you sir!
  • @BoredSilly666
    I have no idea what you are doing half the time or do I understand Electronics but I find these strangely fascinating to watch. : )
  • @JohnCompton1
    $1,300? She's way too Kinki for me...Thanks so much for sharing!
  • @bask2140
    You often sound like an old radio announcer from the 1930s using a carbon microphone πŸ˜„
  • @edwardpeak4937
    A great film, many thanks Mark. I know it must take ages to make these, but the extra technical stuff in this one was very welcome. Best wishes
  • @rvmeushaw
    Fantastic repair as usual and an engineering lesson to boot! Great job.
  • @codebeat4192
    Exceptional amount of detail, very talented at many fields.
  • @danhorton6182
    Would have been cool if they had made it so that when you put the top of the case on that it would made connection to the heatsink and drawn heat from it. Essentially make the whole case a heatsink.
  • @alphaLONE
    Excellent work of verifying the claims. Love your stuff!
  • Hi Mark πŸ‘‹ you are really master professional electronics engineer πŸ‘ Always watch your videos and you are the best on YouTube πŸŽ‰πŸ˜Šjust to find out when are you going to do video of aiwa 3 head cassette player? Follow up ? We all are waiting for it please let us know πŸ™ thank you
  • @DominicClifton
    Thanks for answering my question regarding the use of Kapton tape, very interesting. So essentially it's good for protection, but is definately worse than a thermal pad which is what I thought, but not quite as terrible as I thought.
  • @TechGorilla1987
    This is the deep dive that I never asked for, never thought of and didn't know that I couldn't live without. What a fantastic series of tests to gather empirical data. Well done, lad.
  • @mortjoer
    I'm a carpenter by trade and people seems to love to look over my shoulder when I work on stuff. This is where I get my own curiosity satisfied about other trades thanks to people like you Mark, Thank you 😊
  • @TheStuffMade
    It's a very strange design, usually you'd want the output impedance to be as low as possible so variations in the headphone impedance will not affect the frequency response.
  • @Cee.Jay.71
    I've been away for a while but it's nice to see your channel is blooming. Thoroughly well deserved Mark.