A barely-luggable record-playing boombox (Patreon)

Published:

2022-09-09 17:16:33

Imported:

2022-09

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This time I’m finally getting around to a task I’ve put off tackling for a couple of years. I’m taking a look at a Sharp VZ-2000. It's a sort-of-portable, record playing music system. It could be fun, but first I had to face my disassembly fears and open it up in order to get the vital record player component functional.

You can see how I get on in the video - https://youtu.be/tIxc7MpgOzU

This video took an unusually long time to complete. I wasn't happy with some of the video I'd shot and the pacing was way off in places. After a few more days of work with reshoots and what have you, I’m now finally happy with the way it turned out.

However since it’s taken me well over a week to get the video to this point I’m not going to put this one live on YouTube tomorrow, I’ll wait a week. I prefer Patrons to have a decent period of exclusivity and this also means I have more wiggle room if the next project goes south.

Last week's video about the CD lathe has proven to be unusually popular and still seems to have some legs so that video will have to remain my most recent publicly accessible YT release for another week.

If I haven’t yet answered your message or emails I apologise, I’ll see if I can catch up over the weekend.

Take care, best wishes and have a good one.

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Sharp's record-playing luggable stereo : VZ-2000 repair & demo

Pre-CD era Boomboxes are some of the most collectable...but the majority aren’t as much use as a Sharp VZ2000 nowadays...but was it really a 'boombox'? 00:00 Start 01:13 Repair attempt 20:41 Demo 27:45 Stylus swap 28:33 Still relevant 30:21 Patreon credits ------------- Merchandise ----------------- New Techmoan Merchandise is now available. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/nerdkeyz?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=37136753 --------------- 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 ------ Outro Sound Effect ------ ThatSFXGuy - https://youtu.be/5M3-ZV5-QDM ------ AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE ------- All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click on links to various merchants posted here and make a purchase, this can result in me earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network & Amazon. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to AMAZON Sites (including, but not limited to Amazon US/UK/DE/ES/FR/NL/IT/CAN) Regularly asked question Q) Why are there comments from days ago when this video has just gone live today? A) Patrons https://www.patreon.com/techmoan usually have early access to videos. I'll show the first version of a video on Patreon and often the feedback I get results in a video going through further revisions to improve it. e.g. Fix audio issues, clarify points, add extra footage or cut extraneous things out. The video that goes live on youtube is the final version. If you want to see the videos early too, you can sign up to Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/techmoan