I've wanted to take a look inside one of these for years. It's the Panasonic RC-6900, a talking radio alarm clock from 1971. If you've seen my videos about the Panasonic 20-cassette carousel and Akai's overly complicated Auto Reverse deck you'll understand the reasons behind my fascination with this device. Its electro-...
2021-01-31 11:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this one I’m testing out two rack-mountable audio display devices.
While it’s a quick simple video, I think it came together well. There are a few shots in here that I’m really quite happy with.
Many th...
2021-01-22 19:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post
As requested I’ve made a video talking about how I ended up with an electric car in 2020. It’s a poorly structured video. Perhaps I’ll try to clear up a few points in future updates...but for the moment, here it is.
https://youtu.be/Cimcw_5Hrcc 2021-01-17 10:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Random January continues with me trying out Bob, the ‘World’s Smallest Dishwasher’. This is a portable unit designed for two people that can be used without plumbing in. It sounded like an interesting concept, but not the kind of thing I’d buy on a whim, so uncharacteristically I agreed to accept a review samp...
2021-01-16 11:43:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve automated my curtains using little curtain robots.
I don’t really have anything more to add about this one - it is what it is. I hope no one does any ‘pull yourself together’ jokes. Neither I, nor 2021 could handle it.
2021-01-10 11:30:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m starting off the year by reviewing a budget ‘DJ’ turntable picked up from the discount supermarket chain LIDL. Despite sounding multiple warning bells due to dubiuous branding practices and overstated abilities, there’s definitely still something of merit here.
I’ve had my head buried in putting this video together for the past few days. It’s only now once I’ve reached the end that I can see I’m probably the only person here remotely interested in this topic.
Well never mind, it’s done now, no going back. Here’s the video. Enjoy the remainder of your Chrimbertween and...
It’s the December update (Audio edition) - the video version which makes slightly more sense is available in a separate post.
EXTRAS
Skip Intro’s Movies Vol 3 https://youtu.be/xqOs41V1oF0
Links
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2020-12-22 18:29:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, good evening and welcome. I’ve only gone and done another one of these here update things again. Enjoy/endure almost an hour of mean-spirited irrelevance from a greedy man.
An audio version is available in a ...
2020-12-22 18:28:47 +0000 UTC View Post
A long overdue look at a quirky old piece of tech combining slide photos with sound.
I hope to get to work on an update video in the next few days, aiming to have this out before Christmas, so we’ll...
2020-12-18 18:33:48 +0000 UTC View Post
With this and the previous video I fear that I’m giving off the impression that I’m someone who gets unduly giddy about Christmas. In reality I’ve got nothing against the event, but I can also take it or leave it.
I’m not one for parties (not that anyone is at the moment), there are no kids in the hou...
2020-12-10 17:32:26 +0000 UTC View Post
In this short video I’m attempting to play a record made out of chocolate.
Given the Christmas connection, this video might seem a bit premature, but then again we are living in the future here on Patreon. It’ll b...
2020-12-03 19:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
In this one, I'm passing an eye over three more audio meters. Normally these are just for fun, but this time one of them also performs a useful function.
In loosely connected news, I reluctantly spent a full day reorg...
2020-11-29 11:04:28 +0000 UTC View Post
If you saw the last Patreon update you’ll be aware that I’d fallen behind a bit due to some video false starts.
I hope you don’t mind me attempting to catch up by making a couple of simpler videos like this one where there's relatively little to go wrong.
Thanks to an email I received from ‘Mr Walkman’ my NW-A55 digital music player now thinks it’s an £8000 music player from Australia. Not the usual type of video…but I thought it was interesting enough to share.
I hope you're all doing well.
UPDATE
Here's the November update - a few extra bits and pieces just for Patrons.
This is the Audio version - a video version is available in a separate post.
As an extra treat for lovers of cheesy 1980s movie promos - here's a link to Skip Intro's upload of Movies Vol. 2. 2020-11-16 11:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the November update - a few extra bits and pieces just for Patrons.
This is the video version - an audio only version is available in a separate post.
As an extra treat for lovers of cheesy 1980s movie pr...
2020-11-16 11:44:52 +0000 UTC View Post
A little bit later than planned - here’s my (long) look at a classic Boombox - the RC-M90.
To get myself back on track, if there are no issues I may make this video live on youtube on Sunday.<...
2020-11-13 12:46:44 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick in-between video.
Until very recently I had no idea that Sony Japan had employed different packaging for their domestic Minidisc album releases. I’ve bought some examples and after quite the delay they’ve finally arrived.
2020-11-04 09:41:15 +0000 UTC View Post
When I first started a tech blog - I hoped to regularly feature cutting edge, innovative technology like the then newly released Sony XEL-1.
Then almost over night the smartphone changed everything. The once consistent flood of a wide assortment of cool new tech devices dried to a trickle.
In the absence of intere...
2020-11-01 11:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
A year or so ago one of the regular contributors here on Patreon altered me to the existence of this tape player on ebay. An exchange of messages took place in which I mentioned that whilst I’d seen the players offered up for sale a few times - the tapes for them though seemed impossible to find. A player with nothing to pl...
2020-10-25 10:59:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In this simple video I’m showing a few unusual music titles I’ve acquired during 2020.
I hope you’re all well, I feel I need to somehow recharge and refresh before I start work on the next video...
2020-10-16 17:18:41 +0000 UTC View Post
When I first considered making a video on this subject a few years ago I didn’t think there would be enough to talk about for more than a couple of minutes, so I decided to hold off until I could find some relevant hardware to beef it up a bit. That decision ultimately wound up changing the whole video into something ...
2020-10-09 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMy apologies for interrupting whatever you were doing, I‘d just like to pose a question that may help me with the next video.
I’m working with a piece of Japanese made technology that dates from the late 1960s (probably). I imported it from Japan and it came with a Japanese record.
The slightly unusual t...
2020-10-05 18:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post
For anyone who is interested, here is the October Patreon exclusive audio rip of the October Patreon exclusive video. The video version is available here: https://youtu.be/w-6H-o30sAc
At the end of the audio I mention how a totally random and unc...
2020-10-04 09:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post
For anyone who is interested, here is the October Patreon exclusive video.
It’s a touch over an hour long - but you’ll find chapter marker in the video description on youtube.
At the end of the v...
2020-10-04 09:05:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies if you’ve had enough of these modern boombox reviews. They have been surprisingly well received, but you’ll likely be relieved to know that this is the last one I’ll be featuring for a while. I explain why at the end of the video.
2020-10-02 17:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post
A shorter video this week but one featuring something I’ve wanted to cover for quite a while.
Behind the scenes I’ve been doing a lot of admin jobs this week, things like taking a load of polystyrene to the ...
2020-09-27 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
In 2018 I made a video about the toy/music tape cartridge format Pocket Rockers. At the end of that video I mentioned that I also planned to make a video about the later digital-age equivalent ‘HitClips’. Two and a half years later...here it is.
2020-09-20 08:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the September 2020 Patreon exclusive behind the scenes chat (Audio Version).
The video version can be found in a separate post - that one also has a picture and link attached to it.
2020-09-14 18:21:59 +0000 UTC View Post
