UPDATE: So I’m running a 3-part LIVE workshop that takes us on… A Time Travel Through Vintage Electronics. We’ll rewind the clock, dive into the tech of the times… (and study the very history of how things were broken and repaired has evolved) The workshop is coming soon, but if you're reading this then you're in luck (or not)... And there's still time for you to sign up using the link below: www.menditmark.com/mend-mark-workshop The workshop dates are mentioned in the link above too.
You had me until the DIY turn your own Knobs !!!, LOL!, ex TV/Video/Audio/Radio Communications etc etc etc serviceman here, Ive repaid high powered PA amps before , but never resorted to machining my own replacement Knobs !!! , wow ! I take my hat off too you sir! :), cheers from Australia.
Overall I consider you a great engineer BUT, you regularly use wayyyy too much heat transfer compound. You're only supposed to use a light enough smear to level out and fill surface imperfections. The amount you use will noticeably worsent heat transfer. From a long term engineer too.
@garybenning1771 man got a point, too much goo is no good for you....day 1 its on the whiteboard before training. It's the joke that helps you remember
Nice chap: check, decent editing: check, best repair channel? Barely an also-ran. Still good to see all this 1960-80s tech. But I would question Mark's knowledge of the finer points of design.
I appologize, I've spent some time thinking on your comment but I can't seem to figure it out. I don't understand the reference verses a cow boy. I'm not the brightest again I am sorry would you mind explaining it to me?
i don't know man. seems like the previous guy had it all figured out, He just didn't have money and time and energy to track down potentially expensive, oddball parts, or time, not to mention, probably an unusually high powered device. If you don't have an expenditure budget as a tech, sometimes it's just not worth it, if you're broke, to go ask for $100 in parts, now the guy is waiting on you, don't know if its just the outputs or if something else caused the failure, hopefully it was just a user error, causing the least damage, etc. Doensn't mean the previous tech is a cowboy, genius.
like just think about it are you going to to beg for cash from the customer to spend hours get rare expensive parts, wait weeks for them, then say "Oh shoot, well, I need to get one more fiddly little part we have to wait 2 more weeks to get this last part in..." see what I'm saying meanwhile the previous tech has a shop full of people banging down his door on much more pedestrian devices. edit and then lastly, he's already a couple few good hours juggling this thing apart... "Hey man, we got you started on this thing..." and he loses a few hours on it, but saves a week. See what I'm saying. Not to mention, the client probably showed up and says "Dude I desperately need this working , how much do you think it will cost? 80 or $100?" because everyone thinks "its just a loose wire inside." meanwhile the first tech is looking at prices and all this on all the potentially iffy parts , and is like, "well. its gonna be $120 in parts after shipping just to see what else is broken with it." and honestly, it could be the customer's fault more than anything, for thinking someone's time is worthless, or not appreciating the time and effort "The cowboy" invested to get that far. And though I agree, the thing looks like an absolute clusterF, I am sure the notes and previous activity gave Mark a bit of a clue as to where to look rather than just opening this thing up and it literally looks factory new now you're really digging for clues, and that is where you loose time, which "the Cowboy" already paid for with the time in his life.
I love this channel! I had an old home Monster Power home Theater amp that refused to power up. I sent it to an electronics repair shop a couple states over they had it for three months and basically said they couldn’t fix it because parts are no longer available. I have no doubt that Mark could’ve fixed this amp. Wish I still had it I would pay to ship it over to England just to see it on a video. subscribed!
Great electronics repair channel. It’s amazing how calm you are when an expensive bench power supply blows up and you say oh well just another repair. Most of us would be so distraught over burning our equipment out but to you it’s just another repair. Keep up the great videos you have one of the best channels.
Honestly, your greatest asset is your patience. ALso that nothing seems to get to you. THe fact that you can fabricate gives you a huge advantage on repairs.
Hi Mark, I'm a mech engineer (and previous trade qualified boilermaker/welder) who is about to start a degree in Elec engineering. I've been mad keen on electronics and audio since I was a kid, and I'd like to say I'm blown away by your channel. Your dedication to repairing things most would deem unrepairable gives me some hope for the future. Your videos have also helped me a lot with repairs I have undertaken. Cheers from Australia.
Crown International was started by a broadcast engineer and ham radio operator by the name of Clarence Moore (W9LZX). Clarence got his start in short-wave broadcasting in the high mountains of Quito Ecuador at radio station HCJB. In the 1970's when Clarence was back in the U.S., I was fortunate enough to talk to him on the ham bands as a kid in my late teens. He was the inventor of the Cubical Quad antenna, and I just so happened to have one. Naturally, our conversation drifted to antennas, and he was delighted to hear that mine was a Quad. He was a vast book of knowledge, but at the time I had no idea that he was the guy who'd invented the antenna to combat coronal discharge in the rare atmosphere of HCJB's antenna site in the mountains of Pifo Ecuador. It wasn't until he had cleared off of the frequency that we were talking on, that another ham told me who he was. I was a lucky teenager to work that father of the Quad and later the owner of Crown International. RIP, Clarence. de W4ABC...
Yeah them crown amps are a thing of marvel! If I ever have the choice of any amp vs crown, I always go crown as their reliability is unparalleled imo. Cool to have some backstory to the original owner/inventor of crown amps! ta.
As a retired electronic technician of many years (music stores, etc), I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Like you, I had to employ a wide variety of skills to cope with the abuse that some equipment had to put up with from life on the road - the absolute worst was a power amp used in a rodeo p.a., not only was it beat up, it stank! BUT, I must say, your skills (and your shop) are the very best by far! I am very impressed and envious.
I’ve watched pretty much all these videos now. Mark, you are a true gent. The care you put into these repairs and how they you record and share the knowledge is just tremendous!
It is an absolute pleasure to watch a man who really knows what he's doing, AND, has the right kit. Most repair channels on YT give me high blood pressure! Always entertaining too. Thanks Mark
I have been an electronics technician since 1986 I have gone through the transition between black and white TV, digital TV, Bluetooth audio, wireless audio and so on. Many of my technician colleagues say this channel is the best repair channel in the WORLD. maybe my hope as your follower from Indonesia is. I hope you add Indonesian subtitles 🤗 and hopefully this channel will progress and continue to be there for us
I don’t understand electronics at all Mark but I find your videos fascinating and entertaining. Your skills and attention to detail are a credit to you. Thank you.
j'ai découvert ce Monsieur super outillé en matière électronique avec des appareils de mesure à foison !!et plus ces ateliers ,cette personne s'est tout faire ,et à l'air super compétent !!je ne me lasse pas de regarder !très intéressant ! cela donne des idées, moi meme à mon niveau pratique l'électronique !
Mark - you are my hero in this age of throw away out of date technology. I have always enjoyed taking things apart to see how they work, and I am fascinated by your detective - like scientific approach to mending just about anything!
And this is why I don't work on stuff other people have been inside trying to fix 😅 Spend more time fixing the other person's idiocy than the actual original problem.. Good work as always Mark 👌🏻
When other people have worked on it I strip it down entirely and start from scratch and wise to as working with valve equipment can deliver some nasty surprises!
@@ianforfun1 I always ask the owner if anyone else has worked on it if they say someone else has looked at it and tried to fix it I usually decline to take it on, one guy lied to me after he sent it, I made him come collect it, if he wants to waste my time I'll waste his 😂
Myself and the Mrs love watching you. We have no idea what it is you're doing but goodness me its a fabulous watch. Great entertainment and we love seeing all the old equipment from back in our day. Great entertainer, great electrician, great delivery and a great guy. Mark, thank you!
Mark im guessing you’re some sort of school teacher. The way you speaks and your knowledge is so strong. You also have the patience of Job. Make it seem like anybody could diagnose and fix an amp with blown and missing and parts. Could watch you all day. Just brilliant
With all the repair channels on TH-cam these days, there are levels. This guy is absolute top-tier. My only complaint is I want more content Mark !! And every time I watch you getting that shock in the intro I laugh so hard...I always skip back so I can watch it again. It sums the guy up, and he doesn't try to hide it...everyone working on electronics will, at some point, get a belt !
You're the Bob Ross of electronics repair. Fun to watch even if I don't know always how or why you do things. Instead of painting a pretty tree, you're shimming a pretty transistor.
You are incredible! What a masterpiece! I was a certified electronics technician back in the 80s and 90s. Our shop wouldn't have touched this due to the previous "work" (aka "butchering") done on it. Your skillset and your tools are like a technical arsenal on steroids! I thoroughly enjoy watching you work. YOU GO GUY!
It needed putting straight. And you surely did. Thanks Mark for what I think is one of your best videos. Nothing better to start a leisurely weekend. Pure joy to watch. 😊
I am so impressed in what you able to do. It’s a shame you don’t have more subscribers so I will share what I watch with some of my friends who are also interested. Good work😊
Great video again and wow I wasn't expecting you to go to the trouble of machining those knobs. Just goes to show what dedication you have in doing a good job.
Nice job, Mark. I’ve watched many fabrication videos on here and you are literally the first one I’ve seen using a proper lubricant/ coolant flow onto the job. My grandfather had a tool making shop and he used a combination of oil and water which turned milky.
One of a kind Electronic channel. I love your channel Mark. Your knowledge and skills, your tools, gadgets and instruments marriage into one precise excellent repair. All the best ! Your channel is rapidly growing. Keep it up. Looking forward to your next repair videos.🙏👌❤
What a repair job! I don’t have much of a clue about the technicalities of the repairs you do but I still find your videos entertaining and a must watch. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit these videos.
Amazing Job done Mark ! I am watching your Work and it is so good to see the fun you have ! I love old stuff too and it is a pleasure to repair what is worth to be saved ! Rudi, from Germany...
24:21 I love that you used plastic washers for the screws so they don't short to the case. While most might think this is a no brainier... it's an easy miss that's cost me a repair before because I forgot one. Excellent video sir
So satisfying to see those waveforms come up and those custom made knobs. Beautiful work mister, you are a real craftsman! (added: don't you just LOVE tampered equipment).
I caught the poke about common not ground lol. I smoked a HP 6827A by back-feeding from another PSU. (Easy fix. Dremel out burned PCB and replace components.) I put in blocking diodes when using multiple PSUs or multiple channels from one PSU. But I use old tech, HP 6621a 6622a 6624a, 6634a, 6827a, wall warts, homemade.... Thank you for posting! I love watching while I'm fixin'
I'm not a fan of Crown amps and not a fan of the XLS series. But it broke my heart to see someone had abused this unit so badly. So happy to see it under your very capable hands! I remember playing with a JBL MPX 1200 (it was a rebadged QSC mx) and when I saw the dual layer, the massive transformers and the spaghetti of wires I decided I didn't want to touch it!
That JBL/QSC was still a superior amp to ANY of the Crown line. What was wrong with that amp you "played with" that made you not want to touch it? Did you really think that what you saw in that amp was worse than the hodgepodge in this Crown boat anchor? Even QSC's Series 3 (The modular ones) which weren't the greatest, were FAR more reliable and stable than Crown. I owned 5 of those modular QSCs and the only issue I had was a certain set of power resistors used to eventually melt the solder connections in the one channel where the module was mounted upside down. A reflow with good grade rosin core fixed that issue fast.
Pure genius ! this is what i call a quality repair job... the way you go the extra mile to make knobs is admirable ... your customers must be very very happy !
Very impressive repair Mark, I did not have much hope for that amplifier. Brilliant idea fabricating the knobs, I like those a lot. That amp was a total wreck, I probably would have put it in the “not worth repair” pile in my shop. You are always enjoyable watch repairing something. 👍🏻 Cheers from Chicago.
These are the best repair videos on youtube. I remember lusting after Maplin's 1kW amplifier kit they sold in the 80's - all the boards and massive transformers and transistors made it look terrifying to build, I was just learning electronics then. And this is 5 x that power!
That was insanity! Such excellent attention to detail and …motoring on as each problem presented itself, and, you resolved. Loving your work and videos man!-)
Wow. I just found your channel and you took me back to my childhood - although my dad was never that brilliant a repairman. Well done! Although I did imagine someone objecting to you painting the knobs outdoors and getting self-etching primer all over the flowers!
Brilliant work Mark. Service technicians like yourself are rare and hard to find these days. If i was closer to the UK, I would send heaps of work your way
That was a joy to watch. You've got all the gear and the knowledge of how to use it! I'd love to hear Mark's and other folk's opinions on what would be a fair labour charge for this, my guess would be £300 + parts.
Absolutely fantastic repair, it’s wonderful to see a skilled person fixing a bodge and to top it all off home made knobs :) something tells me that the knobs are now worth more than the amp :)
Great job, as always. It'd be fun to drive the amplifiers to their rated power to see if they can reach it and at what THD accross a few frequencies, like 40, 1k and 18k.
Great repair Mark as always, I would have lost confidence as someone else had been inside creating havoc, you are very talented and did a great job on that amp, so love the older crown macro tech series especially the 5000vz, imense power with no distortion, unreal, but thankyou Mark once again, really enjoy your videos, love you to watch you repair a dynacord powermate mk2 powered mixer if one ever comes your way, its the best thing ive ever heard, i know they are built for power but it has a unique sound better than anything domestic, rated at 700rms per chanal at 4ohm , it does produce that if not more on the dyno test, im rambling on now but once again, thankyou Mark, keep them videos coming, really enjoy watching
UPDATE:
So I’m running a 3-part LIVE workshop that takes us on…
A Time Travel Through Vintage Electronics.
We’ll rewind the clock, dive into the tech of the times…
(and study the very history of how things were broken and repaired has evolved)
The workshop is coming soon, but if you're reading this then you're in luck (or not)...
And there's still time for you to sign up using the link below:
www.menditmark.com/mend-mark-workshop
The workshop dates are mentioned in the link above too.
Those amps were work horses I constantly had mine at 90 percent just destroying the bass in Florida nightlife
You had me until the DIY turn your own Knobs !!!, LOL!, ex TV/Video/Audio/Radio Communications etc etc etc serviceman here, Ive repaid high powered PA amps before , but never resorted to machining my own replacement Knobs !!! , wow ! I take my hat off too you sir! :), cheers from Australia.
Overall I consider you a great engineer BUT, you regularly use wayyyy too much heat transfer compound. You're only supposed to use a light enough smear to level out and fill surface imperfections. The amount you use will noticeably worsent heat transfer. From a long term engineer too.
@garybenning1771 man got a point, too much goo is no good for you....day 1 its on the whiteboard before training. It's the joke that helps you remember
what brand and type of solder do you use?
I like how you just giggle at the different kinds of fasteners, instead of getting frustrated that someone put a bunch of random screws in
I am starting to wonder why Philips screws is a thing at all. I have fallen in love with JIS.
When you said you would have to do the knobs, and I saw the amount of on-top effort, my jaw dropped. Best electronics repair channel on YT.
Nice chap: check, decent editing: check, best repair channel? Barely an also-ran. Still good to see all this 1960-80s tech. But I would question Mark's knowledge of the finer points of design.
💯 agree with you.
@@marcdraco2189 You dirt
I make my own, My Mechanics vibe!
@@marcdraco2189you can’t just drop that in there without specifying which ones you prefer.
My favorite electronic repair channel and so much more. Thank you Mark you are an inspirational and talented chap.
I concur.
Ditto!
Very skilled😊
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The clear difference between someone who takes pride in their work, verses a cow boy.
Weldone Mark! Love the attention to detail.
I appologize, I've spent some time thinking on your comment but I can't seem to figure it out. I don't understand the reference verses a cow boy. I'm not the brightest again I am sorry would you mind explaining it to me?
@@truth3899 come from a reference of a 'cowboy builder' (longman dictionary)
@@MsNIKITA ahh gotcha thanks kindly
i don't know man. seems like the previous guy had it all figured out, He just didn't have money and time and energy to track down potentially expensive, oddball parts, or time, not to mention, probably an unusually high powered device. If you don't have an expenditure budget as a tech, sometimes it's just not worth it, if you're broke, to go ask for $100 in parts, now the guy is waiting on you, don't know if its just the outputs or if something else caused the failure, hopefully it was just a user error, causing the least damage, etc. Doensn't mean the previous tech is a cowboy, genius.
like just think about it are you going to to beg for cash from the customer to spend hours get rare expensive parts, wait weeks for them, then say "Oh shoot, well, I need to get one more fiddly little part we have to wait 2 more weeks to get this last part in..." see what I'm saying meanwhile the previous tech has a shop full of people banging down his door on much more pedestrian devices.
edit and then lastly, he's already a couple few good hours juggling this thing apart... "Hey man, we got you started on this thing..." and he loses a few hours on it, but saves a week. See what I'm saying. Not to mention, the client probably showed up and says "Dude I desperately need this working , how much do you think it will cost? 80 or $100?" because everyone thinks "its just a loose wire inside." meanwhile the first tech is looking at prices and all this on all the potentially iffy parts , and is like, "well. its gonna be $120 in parts after shipping just to see what else is broken with it." and honestly, it could be the customer's fault more than anything, for thinking someone's time is worthless, or not appreciating the time and effort "The cowboy" invested to get that far. And though I agree, the thing looks like an absolute clusterF, I am sure the notes and previous activity gave Mark a bit of a clue as to where to look rather than just opening this thing up and it literally looks factory new now you're really digging for clues, and that is where you loose time, which "the Cowboy" already paid for with the time in his life.
The knobs were the icing on the cake. Great job!
I just love this guys work. Everything he does is primo.
The white spots are hard to do though ;) hehe But seriously this guy does it all! Amazing skills!
True art
I love this channel! I had an old home Monster Power home Theater amp that refused to power up. I sent it to an electronics repair shop a couple states over they had it for three months and basically said they couldn’t fix it because parts are no longer available. I have no doubt that Mark could’ve fixed this amp. Wish I still had it I would pay to ship it over to England just to see it on a video. subscribed!
@@stevevanrusselt4739 why would you bring that d. g3/nr@te to the comment section of a mark's video?
Great electronics repair channel. It’s amazing how calm you are when an expensive bench power supply blows up and you say oh well just another repair. Most of us would be so distraught over burning our equipment out but to you it’s just another repair. Keep up the great videos you have one of the best channels.
The amount of care taken in fixing someone else's mess...
Is remarkable and commendable.
Thanks for a great video 👍
Honestly, your greatest asset is your patience. ALso that nothing seems to get to you. THe fact that you can fabricate gives you a huge advantage on repairs.
And he still has a smile on his face after near electrocution! (See intros)
It is a true pleasure to watch a man who is modest and really knows what he’s doing.
And who chuckles a lot, just to add to the cheery nature of this channel. 🙂
Hi Mark, I'm a mech engineer (and previous trade qualified boilermaker/welder) who is about to start a degree in Elec engineering. I've been mad keen on electronics and audio since I was a kid, and I'd like to say I'm blown away by your channel. Your dedication to repairing things most would deem unrepairable gives me some hope for the future. Your videos have also helped me a lot with repairs I have undertaken.
Cheers from Australia.
Good for you!
How good is he mate!!! He has really made my obsession worse lol I'm an Aussie to. Mark doesn't reply either i don't think
Crown International was started by a broadcast engineer and ham radio operator by the name of Clarence Moore (W9LZX). Clarence got his start in short-wave broadcasting in the high mountains of Quito Ecuador at radio station HCJB. In the 1970's when Clarence was back in the U.S., I was fortunate enough to talk to him on the ham bands as a kid in my late teens. He was the inventor of the Cubical Quad antenna, and I just so happened to have one. Naturally, our conversation drifted to antennas, and he was delighted to hear that mine was a Quad. He was a vast book of knowledge, but at the time I had no idea that he was the guy who'd invented the antenna to combat coronal discharge in the rare atmosphere of HCJB's antenna site in the mountains of Pifo Ecuador. It wasn't until he had cleared off of the frequency that we were talking on, that another ham told me who he was. I was a lucky teenager to work that father of the Quad and later the owner of Crown International. RIP, Clarence. de W4ABC...
Yeah them crown amps are a thing of marvel! If I ever have the choice of any amp vs crown, I always go crown as their reliability is unparalleled imo. Cool to have some backstory to the original owner/inventor of crown amps! ta.
HCJB - the call letters translated to Heralding Christ Jesus Blessings. I had a QSL card from them when I was a teenager SWL enthusiast.
Jeez, none of us were going to find that out separately! Cheers mate.
@terryspears2307 Oh that's wonderful!
@Jon_Pearl very neat
well done for taking this on...lives to shout another day.
As a retired electronic technician of many years (music stores, etc), I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Like you, I had to employ a wide variety of skills to cope with the abuse that some equipment had to put up with from life on the road - the absolute worst was a power amp used in a rodeo p.a., not only was it beat up, it stank!
BUT, I must say, your skills (and your shop) are the very best by far!
I am very impressed and envious.
lmao it stank like poop?
You are such a cool person with a wealth ok knowledge that most people don't have these days and great sense of humor
$100 Fee Just For The Custom Aluminum Knobs…. a Master of His Craft… with a Joy of Life 🎉 on another level. Cheers 🥂
I’ve watched pretty much all these videos now. Mark, you are a true gent. The care you put into these repairs and how they you record and share the knowledge is just tremendous!
I like that every stage of the repair comes with a little chortle!
It is an absolute pleasure to watch a man who really knows what he's doing, AND, has the right kit. Most repair channels on YT give me high blood pressure! Always entertaining too. Thanks Mark
You are brave Mark, my heart sinks when taking on previously repaired gear.
You can spend hours correcting their bodges.
My heat sinks.
wanna say that I thought the repairing abuse this had made me think that there was much more damage @@vfrbore1728
@@vfrbore1728 No, your heat rises.. What are you thinking?
I have been an electronics technician since 1986 I have gone through the transition between black and white TV, digital TV, Bluetooth audio, wireless audio and so on. Many of my technician colleagues say this channel is the best repair channel in the WORLD. maybe my hope as your follower from Indonesia is. I hope you add Indonesian subtitles 🤗 and hopefully this channel will progress and continue to be there for us
@hasyimservice4314 - - - Click cogwheel for settings.
Select subtitles/CC then... Auto-Translate.
Scroll down for Indonesian.
I don’t understand electronics at all Mark but I find your videos fascinating and entertaining. Your skills and attention to detail are a credit to you. Thank you.
Likewise, it's fascinating.
j'ai découvert ce Monsieur super outillé en matière électronique avec des appareils de mesure à foison !!et plus ces ateliers ,cette personne s'est tout faire ,et à l'air super compétent !!je ne me lasse pas de regarder !très intéressant ! cela donne des idées, moi meme à mon niveau pratique l'électronique !
Great job very professional and time consuming locating the parts, l bet your customer was over the moon with that quality repair.
And the £500 repair bill as well, but it's obviously sentimental value, otherwise he'd pick up a fully working unit for about £150
Well done, Sir. That was a proper job.
Really impressive work! And the surprise fabrication at the end was such a cool bonus. Bravo.
Your use of colloquial English makes your videos such a joy to view, the lovable West Midlands accent. Wonderful..
I want to see the bench power supply repair now 😅
Mark - you are my hero in this age of throw away out of date technology. I have always enjoyed taking things apart to see how they work, and I am fascinated by your detective - like scientific approach to mending just about anything!
Mark, the happiest repairman in the web! 😄
Insane repair, your skills are amazing.
And this is why I don't work on stuff other people have been inside trying to fix 😅 Spend more time fixing the other person's idiocy than the actual original problem.. Good work as always Mark 👌🏻
When other people have worked on it I strip it down entirely and start from scratch and wise to as working with valve equipment can deliver some nasty surprises!
@@ianforfun1 I always ask the owner if anyone else has worked on it if they say someone else has looked at it and tried to fix it I usually decline to take it on, one guy lied to me after he sent it, I made him come collect it, if he wants to waste my time I'll waste his 😂
Myself and the Mrs love watching you. We have no idea what it is you're doing but goodness me its a fabulous watch. Great entertainment and we love seeing all the old equipment from back in our day. Great entertainer, great electrician, great delivery and a great guy. Mark, thank you!
Already looking forward to a power supply fix video! :)
Mark im guessing you’re some sort of school teacher. The way you speaks and your knowledge is so strong. You also have the patience of Job. Make it seem like anybody could diagnose and fix an amp with blown and missing and parts. Could watch you all day. Just brilliant
With all the repair channels on TH-cam these days, there are levels. This guy is absolute top-tier. My only complaint is I want more content Mark !!
And every time I watch you getting that shock in the intro I laugh so hard...I always skip back so I can watch it again. It sums the guy up, and he doesn't try to hide it...everyone working on electronics will, at some point, get a belt !
The shock never ceases to amuse 🤣
I'm not even 5 minutes into this video and I'm so glad I found this channel.
You're the Bob Ross of electronics repair. Fun to watch even if I don't know always how or why you do things. Instead of painting a pretty tree, you're shimming a pretty transistor.
Mark! Yes! I burned through the back catalog of videos, and have been impatiently waiting. So excited to see this post go up!
You are incredible! What a masterpiece!
I was a certified electronics technician back in the 80s and 90s. Our shop wouldn't have touched this due to the previous "work" (aka "butchering") done on it.
Your skillset and your tools are like a technical arsenal on steroids!
I thoroughly enjoy watching you work.
YOU GO GUY!
Nice to see someone doing repairs properly, attention to detail is fab !
It needed putting straight. And you surely did. Thanks Mark for what I think is one of your best videos. Nothing better to start a leisurely weekend. Pure joy to watch. 😊
This guy is a god. All that complicated work..and then HE MADE THE KNOBS! Now how often have I thought, "I'll be done as soon as I MAKE some knobs"!
ONCE AGAIN MARK YOU HAVE NAILED IT ........YOUR AN ABSOLUTE ELECTRONICS GENIUS WELL DONE TO YOU SIR
Pure Zen watching and listening to you Mark I love to watch you work.
Well the saying goes 'You can't turn a Sows Ear into a Silk Purse' but certainly have with this one. Well done, a brilliant transformation 😊 👍
Hi Mark. Thanks for the great video. I always love seeing you make things.
Watching Mark mending things make me smile. His repair videos are gems!
Thank you Mark!❤😊
Methodical and thorough, excellent to see all the steps! Thanks for sharing your repairs and awesome workshop.
I am so impressed in what you able to do. It’s a shame you don’t have more subscribers so I will share what I watch with some of my friends who are also interested. Good work😊
WOW! what a mess you had to deal with ,and you have some beautiful test gear and brilliant job on the knobs, Thanks for the Video
46 minutes of bliss,great work Mark..excellent repair..well done Mark.
Brave lad our Young Mark! Especially when someone has been in there before and bodged and given up!! Good man!
Great video again and wow I wasn't expecting you to go to the trouble of machining those knobs. Just goes to show what dedication you have in doing a good job.
Knowing Mark it wouldnt be a job finished without sorting some applicable knobs.
However he did make it hard for himself making those.
I was so impressed with your electronics skills. Then you got the lathe out, crikey, I think I'm in love!
Amazing! 99% of what you do goes over my head but it's enjoyable to watch someone who's on top of his game.
Nice job, Mark. I’ve watched many fabrication videos on here and you are literally the first one I’ve seen using a proper lubricant/ coolant flow onto the job. My grandfather had a tool making shop and he used a combination of oil and water which turned milky.
One of a kind Electronic channel. I love your channel Mark. Your knowledge and skills, your tools, gadgets and instruments marriage into one precise excellent repair. All the best ! Your channel is rapidly growing. Keep it up. Looking forward to your next repair videos.🙏👌❤
Once again easy to understand. and easy on the eye. Brilliant just want more please?
Amazing what you do. Attention to detail that is Mend it Mark. Enjoy watching your work. 👍💪💪🇩🇰
Total respect. I've repaired 3,000 amplifiers in last 5 years and you make me look like an amateur!
Fantastic repair by a very skilled technician!
Super impressed at your attention to detail in the repair...and then you machined up some volume knobs, just excelled.
What a brilliant job, Mark. Thanks for sharing.
What a repair job! I don’t have much of a clue about the technicalities of the repairs you do but I still find your videos entertaining and a must watch. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit these videos.
Amazing Job done Mark ! I am watching your Work and it is so good to see the fun you have ! I love old stuff too and it is a pleasure to repair what is worth to be saved ! Rudi, from Germany...
24:21 I love that you used plastic washers for the screws so they don't short to the case. While most might think this is a no brainier... it's an easy miss that's cost me a repair before because I forgot one. Excellent video sir
Mark, your repair was super-human...and THEN you fab'd up a pair of knobbers for it.
You're a *beast*
This is the best e-repairs channel on yootoob.
Electronics, machining and a nice flower garden at the end, that definitely qualifies for a subscription! Cheers .
So satisfying to see those waveforms come up and those custom made knobs. Beautiful work mister, you are a real craftsman! (added: don't you just LOVE tampered equipment).
I caught the poke about common not ground lol. I smoked a HP 6827A by back-feeding from another PSU. (Easy fix. Dremel out burned PCB and replace components.) I put in blocking diodes when using multiple PSUs or multiple channels from one PSU. But I use old tech, HP 6621a 6622a 6624a, 6634a, 6827a, wall warts, homemade.... Thank you for posting! I love watching while I'm fixin'
I'm not a fan of Crown amps and not a fan of the XLS series. But it broke my heart to see someone had abused this unit so badly. So happy to see it under your very capable hands! I remember playing with a JBL MPX 1200 (it was a rebadged QSC mx) and when I saw the dual layer, the massive transformers and the spaghetti of wires I decided I didn't want to touch it!
That JBL/QSC was still a superior amp to ANY of the Crown line. What was wrong with that amp you "played with" that made you not want to touch it? Did you really think that what you saw in that amp was worse than the hodgepodge in this Crown boat anchor? Even QSC's Series 3 (The modular ones) which weren't the greatest, were FAR more reliable and stable than Crown. I owned 5 of those modular QSCs and the only issue I had was a certain set of power resistors used to eventually melt the solder connections in the one channel where the module was mounted upside down. A reflow with good grade rosin core fixed that issue fast.
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Pure genius ! this is what i call a quality repair job... the way you go the extra mile to make knobs is admirable ... your customers must be very very happy !
Very impressive repair Mark, I did not have much hope for that amplifier. Brilliant idea fabricating the knobs, I like those a lot. That amp was a total wreck, I probably would have put it in the “not worth repair” pile in my shop. You are always enjoyable watch repairing something. 👍🏻 Cheers from Chicago.
Another wonderful repair. A great job, all round, and two lovely knobs to finish.
Mark, you should have a million subs. Great stuff here. I love this channel.
You're the kind of gentleman that doesn't play around .. nice job, serious skills here :)
These are the best repair videos on youtube. I remember lusting after Maplin's 1kW amplifier kit they sold in the 80's - all the boards and massive transformers and transistors made it look terrifying to build, I was just learning electronics then. And this is 5 x that power!
Mark, the effort you go to to fix and restore these devices is a joy to watch.
That was insanity! Such excellent attention to detail and …motoring on as each problem presented itself, and, you resolved.
Loving your work and videos man!-)
Wow. I just found your channel and you took me back to my childhood - although my dad was never that brilliant a repairman. Well done!
Although I did imagine someone objecting to you painting the knobs outdoors and getting self-etching primer all over the flowers!
Looking forward to watching the bench PSU repair!! Good work on the amp repair though.
Brilliant work Mark. Service technicians like yourself are rare and hard to find these days. If i was closer to the UK, I would send heaps of work your way
Killing it, yet again Mark! Love the repairs, keep them coming!
Just amazed you got that mess working so well! Excellent. 👍
That was a joy to watch. You've got all the gear and the knowledge of how to use it!
I'd love to hear Mark's and other folk's opinions on what would be a fair labour charge for this, my guess would be £300 + parts.
Great job Mark. You've a great deal of skill (and courage) to take these on
Impressive work and thoroughly entertaining - a You Tube hidden gem!
Absolutely fantastic repair, it’s wonderful to see a skilled person fixing a bodge and to top it all off home made knobs :) something tells me that the knobs are now worth more than the amp :)
Excelente reparación, quede impresionado con la fabricación de las perillas, geniales.
Another great repair mark,love the instrument knobs.
Great job, as always. It'd be fun to drive the amplifiers to their rated power to see if they can reach it and at what THD accross a few frequencies, like 40, 1k and 18k.
Great video with a perfect outcome.
I hope your making a good recovery from your poorly back sir, take care & stay safe 👍🍀🇬🇧
Madness crown rebadged a phonic amp, nice job as always mark
I admire your calm positivity throughout the entire repair session. I'm the more hot tempered kind of repair guy.
Como sempre mais um belo trabalho parabéns 👍👍👍
Great repair Mark as always, I would have lost confidence as someone else had been inside creating havoc, you are very talented and did a great job on that amp, so love the older crown macro tech series especially the 5000vz, imense power with no distortion, unreal, but thankyou Mark once again, really enjoy your videos, love you to watch you repair a dynacord powermate mk2 powered mixer if one ever comes your way, its the best thing ive ever heard, i know they are built for power but it has a unique sound better than anything domestic, rated at 700rms per chanal at 4ohm , it does produce that if not more on the dyno test, im rambling on now but once again, thankyou Mark, keep them videos coming, really enjoy watching
Watching this in awe, you are so good at what you do - thank you for sharing!
Those knobs are worth more than the amp
The rivets on the pots is a great idea 😎 Certainly one to file away in my brain somewhere.