Techmoan

A long awaited look at the final 1960s stereo* version of the Tefifon - the KC4. After many years I’ve acquired this almost mythical Tefifon, but was it worth the wait?

After showcasing numerous background music solutions from the past it only seemed right to take a look at a modern day system.

A video about the Sony KPX-1.

In this video I attempt to get my Sony WM-FS555 playing cassettes again.

This Audioscope TV Tuner is a very cool, yet unfortunately pretty much useless, HiFi component.

Sharp's intriguing but compromised twin-deck portable stereo radio cassette portables.

While hunting for the unusual, I managed to find a couple of things that are neither worth your time nor mine. A video sure to generate multiple suggestions of 'send it to...' followed by the name of a YouTube repair channel who really doesn't want any more broken stuff.

A quick look at an unusual looking portable rechargeable digital TV, DAB radio and media player. A mostly pointless device in the age of smartphones and tablets with wireless data, but on top of that, this one is almost unusable too.

I've been trying out Monoculars - here's what I learned.

Another interesting thing in a case - a Language Learning system.

JVC still sells a big loud portable CD Radio - it’s one of the last true boomboxes. I bought my JVC RV-NB300DAB direct from the JVC website - it seemed to be the best deal.

I've shaved and I've demagnetised CDs, now it's time to blast them with Negative Ions because...

Were you aware that neck worn personal air conditioning devices are a thing. I wasn't...until now.

A cart format I've never seen before which might contain an old emergency message. Let’s find out what, if anything, is recorded on it.

Trying the last Bose Wave for the first time. The Bose® Wave® SoundTouch® music system IV Amongst the things you could always count on were death, taxes and a Bose® Wave® advert in the back of your Sunday magazine. However if like myself you haven’t leafed through a Sunday supplement for a many a year, you might not be aware of the absence of the Bose Wave. They were discontinued a few years ago. Now that the Wave has gone I'm wondering if it was actually any good, or was it, as so many claim, an overpriced and mediocre piece of tech sold to people with too much money who didn’t know any better. Seems like it’s time for an overdue and overlong video examination of the final model.

The Tuneshine is a 64x64 RGB LED album art display for music played via Spotify, Sonos, Apple Music and Last FM .

Repairing a portable stereo radio cassette with a classic problem.

A video tape that erases itself after two views - fascinating, flawed, failed, and mostly forgotten tech.

The Bose Smart Speaker 500 was discontinued in 2024. It seems it wasn't suitable for almost everyone. It's just what I wanted.

You can never go back.

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.

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.

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)

A 1980s stereo radio cassette recorder that did things a little bit differently.

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.

A long video about a short (no-fly) break.

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.

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.