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A simple Edison repair

You might have seen me mention that my Edison cylinder player failed while making the video featuring it. Today I had a go at fixing the problem.

At the very last moment I decided to turn on ...

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M90s Assemble - NOW UPDATED…slightly

Today I’m looking at the M90 Mini & Micro retro replica bluetooth boomboxes.

A bit of backstory - I bought my classic (forty year old) Victor RC-M90 boombox a couple of years ago as a r...

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Getting steamed up with a new kitchen gadget

You may remember that Bob died. (Bob was a mini dishwasher). Whilst ultra-compact, he still took up valuable countertop space in a tiny kitchen. Since the task he performed wasn’t an absolute nec...

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Three more music Spectrum Analysers. All that glitters...

Full disclosure up front - this is a bit of a throw-away video. I’ve had this trio of Spectrum Analysers on my outstanding list for a while and I needed to get them out of the way to clear some s...

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A video 118 years in the making

New music on dead formats taken to its brilliantly illogical conclusion

Today I will mostly be messing about with cylinder records.

I went off on quite a few tangents i...

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Tonies - Audiobooks for the modern age

In many ways it's a charming little thing...so what has me so concerned?

https://youtu.be/P9RbMMJRxzw

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March 2022 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve had time to make a Patreon exclusive video.

On reflection, you could easily skip this one and still not miss out on anything. But hey I didn't want you to...

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OK so now it’s VideoNow then (now updated)

This has been on my to-do list for years but thanks to the recent loan of an early model of player and discs from a Patreon (thanks Andrew) I’ve been able to finally nail this one down. There are...

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A two in one video

This one starts off with a special update just for Patrons.

After that I look at a radio designed for a specific use case. This falls within the area of assistive tech, something I’ve featu...

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New replacement MD cases

After a gap of something like twenty years (probably) - a company has started manufacturing new replacement cases for pre-recorded Minidiscs. More proof, if any were needed, that this 1990s format ...

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Buying from Japan can be a gamble, this definitely is

From past experience I know that YouTube audiences aren’t drawn to my videos featuring gambling tech quite as enthusiastically as I am to the tech itself. So today while I’m featuring a device ...

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A faulty SACD repair attempt

I tried fixing something. It didn’t go well. Here’s the video

https://youtu.be/YRySrXk9uRA

In other news I’m w...

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Sony LinkBuds Review

A few weeks ago Sony got in touch to say that they could send me something over if I signed a non-disclosure agreement. I went along with it in the hope that they’d then tell me what the product ...

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An odd Walkman

I started off making a different video this week, but unfortunately an expensive component failed (I broke it) and now I’m waiting on a suitable replacement from China.

So here’s somethin...

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The Magic Message AV Repeater

This was a nice little project. An unusual piece of retro-tech, BNIB, working perfectly, simple to demonstrate and yet still interesting enough to be worth showing.

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January 2022 Patreon Exclusive AUDIO Oddcast

A few behind the scenes tidbits just for Patrons.

A random selection of topics is covered this time.

The video version is available in a separate post.

LINKS to things men...

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January 2022 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast (Re-uploaded)

A few behind the scenes tidbits just for Patrons.
A random selection of topics is covered this time.

 https://youtu.be...

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New Grundig Micro HiFi Review - this was a mistake

Almost everything that would have made this video worthwhile, evaporated as soon as I started making it. 

The main raison d'être *'did one' at four minutes and thirty eight seconds in. ...

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How CD players got boring…

and why the Technics SL-P1200 is one of the exceptions.

This one took me a long time to make inspite of its modest length. I’ve put this down to the fact that it’s really...

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Miss/LED - two more LED music visualisers

This week I’ve been testing out more music visualiser devices.

Definitely not my finest work but I think I’ve managed to mostly salvage it in editing.

Still, as far...

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The CHORDMACHINE

Starting the year with an oddity. I’m taking a look at (and a listen to) the CHORDMACHINE from Sony - a strange hybrid device that defies conventional categorisation. Unless that category...

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RIP to the Personal CD

I’m putting this out now so I can take the rest of Christmas Day off. Feel free to ignore it for a couple of days, it’ll still be here. Christmas probably shouldn’t be spent on YouTube.
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Merry Christmas

In acknowledgment of a calendar based confluence here’s a little Christmas themed extra video just for Patrons.

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The Scope Clock

I am very happy to be able to bring this video to you today featuring the Scope Clock from Cathode Corner. 

There’s likely only a handful of these being offered for sale in an assemble...

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December 2021 Patreon Exclusive AUDIO Oddcast

I’ve recorded a Patreon update. Unfortunately I didn’t have any extra clips to add in this month to break it up a bit so I’d recommend either watching it in small instalments or putting in on...

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December 2021 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast

I’ve recorded a Patreon update. Unfortunately I didn’t have any extra clips to add in this month to break it up a bit so I’d recommend either watching it in small instalments or putting in on...

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Open-ended interview buffoonery

You may have seen the one-sided ‘Co-Star acting game’ record I used the other week to demonstrate the ultrasonic record cleaner.

The ‘open-end interview’ record featured in today’s ...

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Two compact Compact Cassette decks

A video where I examine a couple of old cassette decks as I try and find a suitable one to send on to someone as a favour.

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Ultrasonic vinyl record cleaning

I’ve often wondered about the effectiveness of ultrasonic record cleaning. Since it’s possible to buy systems for thousands of units of currency there must be something in it. Finally I got to ...

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Really a real reel to reel?

A look at the ‘RCA’ Reel Media Center. This was an early 2000s retro inspired music system which blurred the line between nostalgic novelty and fully functional device. 

I enjoyed ex...

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