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World Premiere: Kinki Studio Flagship Pre/Power · Stunning 790/791

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Kinki Studio Stunning 790 PREAMP

Kinki Studio Stunning 791 MONOBLOCK

ABOUT KINKI STUDIO

Kinki Studio was established in 2007. The company's designer Liu was born and raised in a military products manufacturing district in Guangzhou. The military factory mainly produces radar communications equipment for military vessels but also consumer audio. He enjoyed many opportunities to get in touch with related technical personnel and to obtain military parts to conduct his own research. With these influences, he later focused on electronics-related disciplines in high school and university.

With the formation of Kinki Studio, he set the requirements for product tech very high. His designs were informed by studying world-class audio products. With the knowledge acquired, he then adopted reasonable optimizations for his own. His core design concepts are circuit minimalism with shortest signal paths to ensure the restoration of the signal rather than add unnecessarily circuits which can alter the signal. He also believes that audio components aren't just electrical devices but also ornamental art. Therefore the electrical design process and the final appearance must be considered as a whole.

The audio aspect involves the combination of electronic and physical properties. Therefore the control of physical vibrations inside the chassis is particularly important. For sound, his understanding considers the overall balance and how the density of the sound directly affects the sense of hearing. The higher the density, the stronger the texture. He also dislikes an excessive bass balance which does more harm than good to the listening experience. Meanwhile the larger the dynamic range, the more micro detail and musical information one will hear.

These set a great foundation of Kinki Studio.

Kinki Studio's products, from digital to analog converters, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, integrated amplifiers, and headphone amplifiers, have been well received in the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and mainland China. It is worth mentioning that the products EX-M1, EX-P7 and EX-M7 have respectively won the European authoritative Blue Moon Award (issued by 6moons.com)