From Techmoan. Its a video of a teardown of a card radio – as featured in this previous video https://youtu.be/AqMGMZjAKZw MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over Time – Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING…

From Techmoan. A fortuitous purchase from 1985 comes back to the future to be reassessed against its peers. If you are curious why there was a gap in uploads of a few weeks – it’s because I have been very ill. I’m still not 100% recovered. My apologies for the rather wavy voice. Thanks for…

From Techmoan. A look at the only Bang & Olufsen battery powered portable stereo radio cassette recorder – the Beosystem 10. It cost way more than a regular portable, was it worth it? LINKS: Beosystem 10 door repair & more video: https://youtu.be/nRYJcPSuou0 Beosystem 10 servicing video: https://youtu.be/eThsqR1gY7g Beocentral on the Beosystem 10 https://beocentral.com/beosystem10 Old Argos…

From Techmoan. The Paulthings Mixxtape® is a modern take on a cassette that plays MP3s…but is it any use? Available from Paulthings.com The Bluetooth adaptor used in this video is this https://amzn.to/4jOoqKb (Amazon Affiliated Link) UPDATE: Apparently the reason the album tracks are randomised is because this is the order the files were written to…

From Techmoan. Revisiting the 3M Cantata 700 carts with a newer and hopefully better player. If you want to listen to more Cantata 700 carts, visit: https://www.youtube.com/@CrapTwenty MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over…

From Techmoan. Which was the smallest personal stereo Compact Cassette player? A video about very little. UPDATE: I’ve been asked about weights, so here they are; Toshiba: 190.8g Sanyo/Grundig: 142g LINKS Curved Labs Mac Render https://curved.de/news/curvedlabs-ein-facelift-fuer-den-macintosh-198570 Elbow Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIh76Y2iWSM Stereo2Go forums https://www.stereo2go.com (The smallest Walkman thread was on their old migrated forum) MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise…

From Techmoan. Here’s a format that I either missed or I forgot about – I suspect it’s the former, but I can’t remember. LINKS: Sony’s 9.1 Surround Sound Headphones Video https://youtu.be/unfJahrvtuU SHIRT It’s a DoubleTwo shirt, and while I didn’t get it direct, I’ve had a look and it’s on their website https://www.doubletwo.co.uk/shirts/ranges/long-sleeve-shirts?colour=164 MERCHANDISE Techmoan…

From Techmoan. Oscilloscope music is back with the new EP from Jerobeam Fenderson & Hamsi3D and this time you don’t even need an Oscilloscope to experience it. You can see the full EP here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDERfRP2GI0 More info at https://oscilloscopemusic.com As pretty much everyone has pointed out, it seems I’m using the wrong kind of scope.…

From Techmoan. Did you know there were two Twin-Tape Personal Stereos sold in the 1980s? Sony’s sold poorly, the other didn’t sell as well. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over Time – Vibe…

From Techmoan. A long video about a short (no-fly) break. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over Time – Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click…

From Techmoan. I’ve tried a few discontinued Bose products recently and been pretty happy with them. Will the big daddy of the Wave range, the Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II, prove to be the exception. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons…

From Techmoan. A 1980s stereo radio cassette recorder that did things a little bit differently. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over Time – Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE All links are Affiliated…

From Techmoan. The Kanto Syd is a powered stereo speaker pair in a single cabinet with all the input options you should need – and it’s currently (November 2024) heavily discounted at Crutchfield. (USA deal only) This is not a sponsored video – and just to prove that there’s no links to the product or…

From Techmoan. The Sony DVD Walkman D-VM1 is a personal DVD player from 2001 with a unique design. They never made anything quite like this ever again. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over…

From Techmoan. Before the 8-Track, came the 4-Track. Here’s the story of the creation, the short life and the quick death of this pioneering cart. MY PREVIOUS VIDEOS REFERENCED Fidelipac NAB Cart Machine video RCAs 1950s stereo tape carts INVALUABLE RESOURCES World Radio History (old magazines) https://www.worldradiohistory.com/index.htm Sega Vision commercial Tangible Media collection (pic of…

From Techmoan. You can never go back. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over Time – Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click on links to…

From Techmoan. The Bose Smart Speaker 500 was discontinued in 2024. It seems it wasn’t suitable for almost everyone. It’s just what I wanted. UPDATE: Tunein is now working just fine for me – I presume there was some kind of server outage issue at the time I shot the video. MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is…