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 ...
2021-11-13 12:33:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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 doo...
2021-11-05 19:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2021-11-01 18:56:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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....
2021-10-26 12:25:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
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 ...
2021-10-23 11:49:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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 les...
2021-10-16 10:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 burrowin...
2021-10-10 13:42:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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 one
It’s time for another hour of navel gazing nonsense just for Patrons.
An audio version is available in a separate post.
Links...
2021-10-04 11:17:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A shorter and simpler video this week consisting of a look at an unusual boombox from 1986.
I was hoping to have recorded a Patreon updat...
2021-10-01 15:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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 la...
2021-09-24 18:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ;-) ...
2021-09-17 14:22:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2021-09-15 20:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2021-09-10 19:15:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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 pla...
2021-09-01 18:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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 knac...
2021-08-26 18:19:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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 kn...
2021-08-26 18:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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. 2021-08-25 11:10:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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_oFZpqe8k
Itâ€...
2021-08-20 11:12:24 +0000 UTC View Post
A review of two ‘Amazon Basics’ Boomboxes. Things go about as well as you’d expect.
In my last update I mentioned I’d need to mak...
2021-08-07 15:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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....
2021-08-04 14:58:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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/oCiYnU7mWIA
Finally here’s ...
2021-07-29 16:42:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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/07Z4iL8hy1...
2021-07-27 18:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
It’s the July Patreon exclusive update. A spectacularly disjointed effort this month - but a ruthless edit means that it’s almost watchable now.
2021-07-17 09:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Have you noticed all these portable monitors showing up recently. I thought I’d give one a try.
I’ve rushed this video out today as t...
2021-07-15 15:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2021-07-10 10:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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 i...
2021-07-03 09:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE - NEW VERSION with added information replaced the original vid
Something 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 ...
2021-06-26 14:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post