Amongst the things you could always count on - there was death, taxes and a Bose® Wave® advert in the back of your Sunday magazine.
However while death might edge ever closer and taxes ever higher, the Bose® like so many other tech perennials, quietly waved® its final farewell a few years ago. If like myself you haven’t leafed throug...
2024-08-26 17:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post
This month’s video oddcast without the video.
If you prefer the video - you'll find it in the next post.
2024-08-17 10:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Not too much has happened this month - so here’s an hour-long video all about it.
There’s also an audio-only version of this available under a separate post.
Links to things mentioned... 2024-08-17 10:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to the eagle eye of a patron I’m taking a look at an audio tape cartridge you’ve likely never seen before, I certainly hadn’t. It’s a neat little format…albeit one that now suffers from a few age related issues.
Thanks to Alucard for spotting this one and for taking the time to send it over.
The personal air-con I sh...
2024-08-13 18:34:08 +0000 UTC View Post
My favourite gadget of August 2024 (so far) - Personal Air Conditioning.
A quick video about a surprisingly effective device.
Enjoy the rest of the week. Take care.
2024-08-06 20:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember my CD Shaver video about a device designed to separate the obsessive audiophile from their money. That video amassed 1.7 million views so naturally this seemed like a product category that might warrant another video. I moved on to take a look at a CD Demagnetiser. That video has 488K views. Clearly a significant drop off, but also enti...
2024-08-02 17:11:45 +0000 UTC View Post
‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it’.
This Ferris Bueller quote comes to mind whenever I discover that tech I've taken for granted has vanished while I wasn't paying attention. This was very nearly the case when I went shopping for a proper CD Radio Boombox. Yes there ar...
It’s well over a year since I kicked off my ‘Interesting Things In Cases’ series - so it seems it’s high time I made a second episode.
This was the first time I’ve got to use a machine like this. I have been curious as to how...
2024-07-16 20:27:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s my July 2024 Patreon update. I haven’t uploaded an audio-only version this time as a good proportion of this one is reliant on the accompanying visuals.
It’s a long one so be sure to utilise the chapters if you want to skip a section.
The subject matter of this video will be familiar to anyone who saw the last Patreon update.
Since then though I’ve been on, and returned from, a seven night Norwegian fjord cruise on which I got to test the effectiveness (or otherwise) of these and I can now report back with my findings.
I wanted to get one last video out before my break so as not to have a two week gap - and here it is.
A quick look at an unusual looking portable rechargeable digital TV, DAB radio and media player. A mostly pointless device in the age of smart devices with wireless data, however this one is almost unusable anyway.
You may recall that I was struggling to get a video finished - well finally here it is. My issue wasn’t with trying to assemble a brilliant, complicated video, it was more trying to salvage something (anything) from bad luck and bad ideas.
If you enjoy disappointment, combined with mediocrity, this should be right up your street. Anyone ...
2024-06-18 16:15:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Compared to the shambles of my incomplete yet still pending video, this one was a breeze to put together. Everything just seemed to fall into place, including the weather.
A bit of behind the scenes info - this is the only video I’ve shot entirely with a DJI Pocket 3. This was used because it’s easy to carry around and yet still ...
2024-06-13 19:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post…and any inconvenience it may cause.
Just a quick note to let you know that the video I was planning to have ready by now didn’t work out. That’s the nature of weird old tech - sometimes it lets you down. Then my idea to incorporate the footage I’d shot into another video also hit a snag when that thing turned out to be usele...
2024-06-10 14:36:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video I’m finally going to play a Stereo Tefi cart - and you’ll get to hear it too (with a few caveats). A repair, a demo, some trivia and a bit of music, enjoy.
Here's the video: https://youtu.be/nKGY0_xC3co
In other news I might find more o...
2024-06-01 11:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Very occasionally a video I make will have a positive impact beyond just providing a few minutes of ‘entertainment’. The Tefifon video(s) are an example. Today things come full circle as I get to share information as well as demonstrate a rare Tefi accessory provided to me by a chap called Markus. Markus wasn’t aware of the Tefifon b...
2024-05-22 18:14:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s been a week of enforced commitments to anything and everything besides making videos. So on a sunny Friday afternoon I took the opportunity to go for a walk and record a video just for Patrons about what’s been going on this month.
A bit of behind the scenes. I tend to use two main techniques to make my videos. One of these us...
2024-05-12 09:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post
A short video this week - but it’s more than enough time to cover this simple gadget I’ve been testing…The Woojer.
For one reason and another I’ve had limited days available for making videos this week. The ideal opportunity th...
2024-05-05 18:04:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In this conclusion to the award winning and critically acclaimed Sports Walkman video trilogy - I attempt to repair my WM-FS555 S2 personal stereo cassette player. An edge of your seat thriller you won’t want to miss.
Incidentally, t...
2024-04-28 09:40:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s mostly a recap this time.
Unfortunately the audio level is too hot throughout the majority of this one. I was trying a recording setup I haven’t used together before. It was only once I’d finished that I discovered that both the mics and receiver had separate gain settings.
Enjoy(?).
The video v...
2024-04-23 16:50:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s mostly a recap this time, but with added scenery.
Unfortunately the audio level is too hot throughout the majority of the video. I was trying a camera and mic combo I haven’t used together before. It was only once I’d finish...
2024-04-23 16:48:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Do you remember the Sony Sports S2 range from the early to mid 2000s? I'm not sure I do.
It’s odd how such a wide range of products completely passed me by at the time. I have to assume that most, if not all of these were never sold in the UK. Either that or it was my aversion to anything categorised as sports that made me look in the ot...
2024-04-21 17:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post
A lightweight video prompted by a slew of confidently incorrect corrections.
Shooting this one got me out of the house, which offers a welcome change of scenery for the viewer so it’s not a complete waste of time.
In this video I finally get to take a look at the Wheel 2 record player from Miniot.
This was the experience that put an end to me backing any more Kickstarter campaigns.
I’d initially thought that backing some of the more prom...
2024-04-07 15:16:18 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s unfortunately become quite a rare occurrence where I’m impressed by a new device. Bucking the trend though, this week I bought something inexpensive to do a simple job, on the off chance that it could work… and it ended up working out so well that I just had to make a video about it.
The answer to my present day AV needs, lie only in Sony’s past.
In this video I share my surround sound headphone saga. All 9.1 channels of it.
This has really been one of those weeks. I suspect I might be the subject...
2024-03-26 19:12:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Better late than never here’s a video about AtGames 4K virtual pinball table. After a mammoth shoot and a bum-numbing, multi-day and night editing job, I think this one is just about ready to share with you, so here’s a link:
This ...
2024-03-18 17:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostJust a update to say that the next video will take me a few more days to finish.
I started the week by recording a retro product review, but that needed to be put on hold while waiting for a replacement to arrive from Japan.
Then mid-week a new item I'd been waiting for finally tu...
2024-03-16 00:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post
One final video at the end of the week, featuring everyone’s favourite pastime.
Have a good week/end. Take care.
2024-03-08 18:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post