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Yawn : Klipsch The One II - Phono speaker review
This week due to a variety of circumstances I just have a simple video to show - a review of a retro styled speaker with a built-in Phono pre-amp.For one reason and another most of the the week slipped away from me. With time running out I decided to do a quicker project, one that couldn’t really ...
The Bookcassette® - Analog ingenuity
This is a short video about something very simple, but its one I’ve been meaning to cover for a few years. A tidy up and hunt for something else resulted in this project finally rising to the top of the pile. Getting this done also opens the door to following it up with other later but related tec...
Two physical music format flops from the recent past
It’s a good job that I haven’t been covering obscure music formats in chronological order, as if I had, this video might have signalled the end of the line. There can’t be many newer than the two I’m showing here. Today I’m talking about slotRadio and slotMusic, both of which flew so far u...
November(ish) 2021 Patreon Exclusive AUDIO Oddcast
Yes it's a bit early...but you could always wait a few days before listening if the timing is an issue.I needed to post now to try and get ahead of a couple of things. Trust this is OK.A video version is available in a separate post.
November(ish) 2021 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast
Yes it's a bit early...but you could always wait a few days before watching if the timing is an issue.I needed to post now to try and get ahead of a couple of things. Trust this is OK.https://youtu.be/6jHJD4cPCKUAn audio version is available in a separate post.
100 Junk MDs - Part 2. Lemon
You may recall when I recently made a rather ill considered double-dip and bought another bundle of untested MiniDisc machines from Japan. At the end of that video I stated that I would show how many machines from the batch I could get working at some point in the future. That future is now.https://...
Hipac - Fixes, fails and a flash (of inspiration).
I started off this week catching up on general admin. So when it got to Wednesday lunchtime and I had nothing recorded for this week I decided that this should be a week without a video.For a while I’ve been thinking about moving to a less rigid schedule. I want to base things more around how long...
HD-VMD - The conclusion
I have no idea how this video got so complicated. I know how it started though. A very nice chap sent me a movie on HD-VMD. This was the missing piece to my recent HD-VMD video and it opened up a rabbit hole that I fell down and then kept burrowing.Next thing you know it’s over a week later when I...
October 2021 Patreon Exclusive AUDIO Oddcast
It’s time for another hour of navel gazing nonsense just for Patrons.A video version is available in a separate post.Links to things mentioned in this oneMiikshi https://miikshi.com
October 2021 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast
It’s time for another hour of navel gazing nonsense just for Patrons.https://youtu.be/k8IiGp5mI8gAn audio version is available in a separate post.Links to things mentioned in this videoMiikshi https://miikshi.com
This makes a change - a Boombox with a unique feature
A shorter and simpler video this week consisting of a look at an unusual boombox from 1986.https://youtu.be/3bINYUJsqyEI was hoping to have recorded a Patreon update video by now but I blinked and the week was over. I’ve already got a list of topics to cover in it - so I’ll aim to get myself in ...
Review: Sony’s latest & greatest Soundbar, the A7000
I enjoy watching movies at home. Outside of making YouTube videos it’s been my biggest and most consistent passion since the 1980s. Movie nights can be my happiest times and while must-see new movies have been very thin on the ground over the last couple of years I’ve still been enjoying catchin...
Coturn CT-01 Portable record player review (Updated 20 Sept)
Over the last year or so it seemed very likely that this Kickstarter might never arrive. I've lost so much money on Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects that I just won't back them any more. I'm still awaiting that AHD Android Home Device ;-) However this time the team at Coturn were true ...
Too many MDs?
I’m posting this for you now - but it’s definitely not the best video ever made. It was however relatively quick to make, so it helps me to get back on track. I’ll have another new video for you in a day or so - so you might want to just skip most of this one.https://youtu.be/FD_-vLoJ9EMAfter ...
A unique player for one of the ‘70s rarest music formats
Better late than never. This week I’m featuring what appears to be a ridiculously rare device - this may even be the only surviving example. That’s unlikely, but I also suspect I won’t be tripping over another one any time soon, so it’s a good job I managed to acquire this.Anyway here you go...
A new Korean ‘Walkman’ shows it’s all over.
Thanks to a viewer in Korea I’ve received a new personal stereo cassette player (aka a ‘Walkman’ but not really). I had hoped that this device would prove that it is still possible to make a reasonably specced, adequately performing tape player in 2021. I was wrong - it ended up proving the ex...
August 2021 Patreon Exclusive AUDIO Oddcast
I just managed to squeeze in this August update. It’s been bit of a hectic month which means unfortunately I haven’t had the time to shoot any extra inserts this month. Also I must apologise for my rather low-energy delivery - I’m a bit knackered. But you’ll still get behind the scenes info,...
August 2021 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast
I just managed to squeeze in this August update. It’s been a bit of a hectic month which means unfortunately I haven’t had the time to shoot any extra inserts this month. Also I must apologise for my rather low-energy delivery - I’m a bit knackered. But you’ll still get behind the scenes inf...
Apps that see
I don’t normally feature apps, my interests lie more in physical devices. This week though I’m making an exception to show you one that I found fascinating.Here’s the video link. https://youtu.be/eEOOGpjSexIThis video follows on from the Kurzweil reader I featured a few months ago. The functio...
Moza Moin Camera - it could have been almost perfect…
I’m back with a camera review. In this video you’ll also get to see a few clips of where I’ve been. Here’s the direct YouTube link https://youtu.be/Yc_oFZpqe8kIt’s taken me a little bit longer than I’d hoped to assemble this as there were a lot of different elements to tie together. I pr...
The Clown’s Handbag
A review of two ‘Amazon Basics’ Boomboxes. Things go about as well as you’d expect.https://youtu.be/C5UTW7nrAncIn my last update I mentioned I’d need to make some simple videos in an attempt to catch up. This is another one of those. The handy thing with review videos is that if something go...
Lenco - L30 Turntable : A new low.
After the HD-VMD video was finally completed you might have seen me mention that my next couple of videos would need to be far simpler so I could get back on track. This is one of those simple videos. It’s a review of a budget MMC record player.https://youtu.be/nxtqsmgU15ASometimes in the past the...
HD-VMD Update
I'd like to share an update about the HD-VMD video.Here’s the link to this video message just for Patrons https://youtu.be/oCiYnU7mWIAFinally here’s the link to the newly updated version of the HD-VMD video https://youtu.be/07Z4iL8hy1AUPDATE: The unviewable demo disc. Lots of people have tri...
HD-VMD : The other HD videodisc (UPDATED)
You might have noticed there’s been a longer than usual gap since the last video. That’s because this one has been a bit of an epic to assemble.https://youtu.be/07Z4iL8hy1AIn a way it all started back in 2015 when I bought a HD-VMD machine. The real work on this video though started in earnest e...
Patreon Exclusive Audio Oddcast July 2021
It’s the July Patreon exclusive update. A spectacularly disjointed effort this month - but a ruthless edit means that it’s almost listenable now.A video version is also available via the link below.https://youtu.be/PjYXLHGjUEMLinks to things mentioned this monthSkip Intro’s dodgy videos3hr21 o...
Patreon Exclusive Video Oddcast July 2021
It’s the July Patreon exclusive update. A spectacularly disjointed effort this month - but a ruthless edit means that it’s almost watchable now.https://youtu.be/PjYXLHGjUEMAn audio version is available in a separate post.Links to things mentioned in the videoSkip Intro’s dodgy videos3hr21 of f...
Portable monitors - any good?
Have you noticed all these portable monitors showing up recently. I thought I’d give one a try.https://youtu.be/NVdID9nbwU8I’ve rushed this video out today as there’s a £20 off voucher on Amazon UK (only) that expires on 15 July. Since it's still there it must run out at midnight. Don’t...
The mid ‘70s party in a box
I spotted an interesting looking boxed set of ‘stuff’ on the Japanese auctions. Here’s a video about what this is and what it does. As well as linking neatly with some earlier videos, this one opens a window on the nascent days of a cultural phenomenon.https://youtu.be/nJq30FR2GN8I hope the Yo...
Toy thermal printers
A follow up to the recent video about medical thermal printers. During the course of making that video I googled to check current prices and my search results filled up with these novelty mini printers.So I decided to get a couple of them in to try out - and here’s the video.https://youtu.be/EW8sv...
Unseen by most, mesmerising to watch
NOTE - NEW VERSION with added information replaced the original vidSomething a bit different this week. Few of us will recognise this machine and yet most of us (in the U.K.) will have used one. When it comes to the joy of watching things in motion, the unintentional Kinetic Art on display here is u...
