Aldi Specialbuys - Cassette Boombox Review (8 Jun 17)

[@The8BitGuy]

It looks like this is just a mabye slight improvement over the boombox I tested on my channel last year. It was also mono just like this one, probably made by the same company in China.

[@Techmoan]

+The 8-Bit Guy yes that's more than likely..I wouldn't expect there are too many companies knocking out cassette mechanisms nowadays.

[@noahbromberg3675]

The 8-Bit Guy lol my 2 favorite you tubers. And I remember your review of that cheapie looking boom box, I was hoping for some decent quality but it's apparent that that's not an object for a 29 dollar tape player.

[@quintincunningham242]

The 8-Bit Guy you saved me $30 with that review

[@kimberlydobrosky686]

The 8-Bit Guy I love you Chanel is good my son like your chanel

[@VFuzball]

N for Noah if you were to buy a used 30$ cassette deck, it would be a completely different story.

[@Techmoan]

There's a bit of information in the video description text box you may find useful.

[@MrKhalsaSingh]

The maximum capacity that can support the SD card is a 32GB limit, since it only supports SDHC and normal SD card formats, since SDXC is not support which is over 32GB.

[@GraingerElectrical]

Went to Aldi on Tuesday, seemed that they had some of these on display a year later. Must of been old stock.

[@CrashBangWallop-WAV]

Just bought one from Aldi, they're only £20 now and works flawlessly!

[@rolfs2165]

Regarding cassettes, it might not fit your channel's audience, but Aldi in Germany often has cassettes with childrens' radio plays around.

[@Hster68]

Big fan of the show...I am an actual Aldi Store Manager and I saw this product in store today as I was walking the special product tables. I hate to sound like a corporate cliche but I feel cool as hell you showing one of our products on the finest tech show out there. Good on you TM. I am ashamed to say however, we dropped the ball not selling cassettes to go with. We'd have sold the lot! TAKE IT APART! TAKE IT APART! TAKE IT APART!

[@JeremySandlin]

Hster68 I'm a fan of your profile pic. Is that the 9 tail fox from Naruto?

[@der_pinguin44]

Up you go.

[@Hster68]

That sir is a very good question. I've been using it as my online gaming, personal and social media Av for over 10 years now. It represents my best qualities - edgy, sneaky; but at heart - funny. I can't tell you where I saw it first, but I will run this Av for the rest of my days.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Yes yes please do!!

[@TheSaabClinicUK]

I think Photonicinduction needs to put 500v through it. See if the tape plays any better.

[@Spodlude]

I live next door to an Aldi in the UK, just popped in and picked one up, good for BBC radio 4 in the kitchen!

[@محمودالسباعي-س5ث]

how can i get one i'm in ksa

[@executive1946]

@@محمودالسباعي-س5ث its uk only im afraid

[@fellipec]

Looks like something my dad would use to play music while making barbecue.

[@ryanm7263]

I lol'd

[@DrMurdercock]

Your dad must be a total manly beast of a bad ass then.

[@mre9346]

Luiz Fellipe Carneiro I'm confused as to why it's been designed like this. In the 80s it would have been quite a fashionable design but why replicate the same look in 2017?

[@DTM-Books]

Mr E The manufacturer likely bought an old case and circuit design from a boombox made in the 1980s. All that's new is the Bluetooth and USB.

[@9Tailsfan]

Mr E Simple Nostalgia factor! A lot of people like new stuff that looks old.

[@usagijojo2]

That tape player would be good for Halloween music. Make it extra creepy and spooky.

[@RoyStricko]

Recording off the radio! don't you know that Home Taping Is Killing Music...

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

(American recording association president rolls in his grave)

[@axemanracing6222]

With this device, for sure!

[@300DBenz]

"Home taping is killing record industry profits! We left this side blank so you can help" - Dead Kennedys

[@mre9346]

Roy The same way piracy is killing the movie making industry? yet box office figures keep shooting up whilst the quality of movies keeps going down

[@biukucanoe]

It's nearly impossible to record off the radio on a computer. Very simple with cassette as it was back in the 70s. Also live recording with a microphone, you can record your kids.

[@advancedflea]

I will admit that I chuckled a little too much when he called the BBC "Gits" lmao

[@samsicles_jr]

Lol, me too, subtle

[@jub8891]

things are often funnier when theyre true ;)

[@AndersEngerJensen]

Haha, wow! That was quite a surprise. My cassette should not sound like this no, but glad to see that it kinda re-adjusted itself after a while. :) And thanks, I've just sold out the remaining ones today, great advertising. 😃👍🏼👍🏼

[@Techmoan]

Are you getting some more made up?

[@AndersEngerJensen]

Techmoan Not sure if I can afford these ones, the 120 mins was a little overly expensive since I went all out in quality and such from Duplication.ca, but I will actually make some new ones which will have a little shorter runtime and maybe reduce the size of the inlay etc. The overhead on this first one wasn't much so I barely broke even in the end. I'll keep you guys posted. ;)

[@HostiaRecords]

What is the name of the tracks that Techmoan played? Did you show in your channel? or i can hear only in your cassette?

[@bandombeviews6035]

That was a genius marketing strategy

[@hellothere7802]

Anders Enger Jensen where can I get a retro grooves cassette tape? The songs sound pretty good on it.

[@Nostalgianerd]

When you said "piece of plastic" for that portable cassette player. I was fairly certain you were about to say "piece of sh*t".... would have been apt in either case.

[@aurelioemilianomaltesmunoz9136]

It is weird watching instant videos of techmoan

[@samiam5557]

WEIRD like your mother! LOL

[@dboyle1234]

You tell 'em, Sam.

[@SuperPickle15]

Yeah, where is the puppet sketch at the end?!

[@johnlee7164]

SuperPickle15 puppet live sketch now!

[@IVR02]

Yeah. It feels like an Ashens video, but presented by Techmoan.

[@paulgascoigne5343]

I was half expecting the 'crinkle crinkle squeak.. chew chew chew' which usually follows the wow and flutter. in my head I was cast back to the time in my teens where you leap up from the bed to hit stop and save your cassette before its ruined lol

[@GregoryKowalkowski]

Paul Gascoigne true

[@griffster17]

When I was a kid, they were some of the scariest noises I remember hearing.

[@elementalshift]

That Bluetooth device list though :-)

[@PapaVanTwee5]

I know. I have a shirt that would be perfect for him: topatoco.com/collections/jeph-jacques/products/qc-devices "All my vices are devices."

[@hifismiffy]

There's nothing like quality and here it is - nothing like quality !!

[@MrJimmyjammmy]

Wow that's some flutter

[@Rouxenator]

Jim Cumming a full fast forward then rewind should fix that.

[@furgusuned15650]

Jim Cumming I applaud you sir

[@Sempoo]

For that I recommend to use music recognition apps - i.e. I found Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Symptoms of a cheap-crap tape mechanism

[@CardboardSliver]

Jim Cumming AHAHA puns

[@cjc363636]

At first play, cassette sounds like the wow/flutter from old 1970s educational films!

[@schwalls13]

what is it, Techmoan christmas ?

[@Liofa73]

Nick Schwaller -- Christmas 1991 by the looks of that boom box...

[@weeraanmelden]

Loads of videos recently indeed.

[@IVR02]

Triple upload!

[@tassietv7530]

Love the new outro, really shows new viewers what techmoan is all about. Best channel on you tube!

[@KiJiHoon]

Literally just come back from Aldi and they only had one left in stock!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

The only negative thing that can said about this review is that it will now cause lots of people to run out and buy one. Not because it is quality, but just because he talked about it.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Classic80sStuff It's crazy, in a matter of days I bet they'll have sold out, I was lucky to get mine as it too was the last one in stock

[@ozwomp]

Got one right away as a dismantling project, but I actually love it so much. One thing Im not sure you mentioned is it has a short wave radio which picks up all sorta of strange stations.

[@KamZero]

MONO!!??!! With 2 speakers, would it have been too hard to do stereo FFS?

[@VonGwinner]

It's interesting to see companies coming out with new cheap shortwave radios.... it can be a fun diversion as a hobby despite the internet giving you access to most of the stations. It's nice to see that it looks to be better than the super-trashy QFX boombox as well.... if these came to the US I would probably pick one up for fun.

[@frank-christiankruegel2199]

Aldi seems to be the same in the UK as in Germany. Same store layout, non-food items in the middle aisles, weekly special offers.

[@marotaku2492]

Kinda the same in Belgium too. We just have a different logo.

[@l3p3]

Frank-Christian Kruegel In Australien sieht es inzwischen anders aus.

[@MinoTheShow]

In the USA it is much the same! And has been getting much more popular here the last ~5 years (young people like the prices)

[@baddarkmoon8515]

my Aldi recently went completely organic. Which is attracting all these health nuts. I live in USA btw

[@MinoTheShow]

baddarkmoon They also own Trader Joe's, they're probably just saving money by simplifying the supply chain and offering nearly identical products at both stores..

[@zacharywolf5666]

There was so much flutter in that recording that I was expecting it to sprout wings and join its butterfly brethren

[@JagdmitT]

Techmoan goes Ashens ? I Like :))

[@Gigidag77]

A techmoan & ashens crossover...oh god that would be weird.

[@tmdcbass]

The word you are looking for is 'awesome'. Even greater if Big Clive and Julian Ilett would come too!

[@tomservo5007]

we should chip in for a house they could all live in .... imagine that as a reality show :)

[@slade307]

I don't think I've seen Ashens spend this much on one item. Most of the videos I've seen from him have cheap stuff. This seems too high quality for a couch video.

[@GlasgowGallus]

JagtTV Big Clive, Ashens, our Mat...all out there doing their thing for us dudes...i'm quite grateful really...

[@impossible7163]

It's wholely bizarre and mediocre, but somehow attractive. Like my last blind date.

[@IanJTaylor]

Valtteri Manala - blame Cilla

[@shkeni]

Nice design. Looks like a cassette radio from the mid to late 80s. Edit: Oh my god the wobble on that tape player.

[@mistermatix8241]

xelena The wobble settles on the cassette deck, just belts (or lubrication) need running in. Just bought two, the cassette deck sounds absolutely fine

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Did you just make this account to come on here and praise this little boombox? Do you work for Aldi? lol

[@mistermatix8241]

Classic80sStuff You asking me if I work for Aldi? No, I'm a software development and systems design manager with a major IT company. I have 2 computer based degrees and can code in 4 languages. I'm defending this little stereo, because it's getting unfair flak just because of its price. I've just bought two. Why? One for the kitchen and one for my boat or caravan. I have a multi-room SONOS setup, and a 7.2, Atmos enabled Sony STRDN1080 AV setup for 4k ultra and normal bluray audio. I could be an audio snob too, but a bargain is a bargain. I know good audio, this little unit is convenient and sounds decent

[@PapaVanTwee5]

If I didn't already have a Bluetooth​ speaker (and mini USB dock) for my old Android phone, and they sold this here, I'd totally buy one.

[@reap_25]

I just bought one just like this but under RIPTUNES. The tape sounds better than this one though. Pretty decent. It screams 1987-1989 era design.

[@LordDice1]

"a figure of 8 is what we call it on planet earth" except I've never heard that and I'm 40 years old, Audio Engineer and with several degrees in recording and engineering. I'm surprised at that since usually you are so amazingly informative.

[@rtesimpson]

Good video Techmoan... pitty it didn't have the capability of recording from tape to SD/ USB...

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Rob Simpson i was thinking what's the point of having the sd and usb slot with the cassette feature if it couldn't record onto them, I have old mixtapes that I'd love to back up but don't want to go through the effort of plugging it into my pc and trying to equalise the sound

[@rtesimpson]

Amir Pourghoureiyan exactly, who wants to record onto cassette tape anymore?...

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Tapedunkles and The Playheads release their content exclusively on the cassette tape format media.

[@simonh.2043]

I bought one of these and am more than satisfied with it for the money. It feels quite solid and does the job, as far as you'd expect. A big selling point for me was the shortwave bands which you don't see very often, except on 'world' radios. An external mic socket would have been nice. (I just noticed that mine is branded REKI, but definitely the same item).

[@andrewhaddon5159]

How long before eight-track cartridges make a comeback?

[@limacom]

Don't worry about making a vid too fast... your quick production was great. Thanks for the great work.

[@LohTec]

Slightly sad you didn't take it apart, but still interesting.

[@mervynstent1578]

Interesting for all the wrong reasons!

[@willem18241]

Hey Techmoan, Can you do a video on how to get the best quality from a VHS when transferring an old home movie to a computer?

[@The_Laser_Channel]

For the price, it's not bad! I was expecting that cassette door to fly open. It has a lot of functionality to it. Would be great for a kid or even a family to have out on the deck to listen to while having a cook-out. I really like that you can record from any source to a cassette as well.

[@rtvgr]

I've been blessed with a surge of techmoan videos

[@davidbrider]

I've been spending a few years converting my old audio cassettes to mp3. Nice to know I can now back up my mp3s to cassette... :-)

[@stevekellett6934]

A first class video and I managed to get my hands on one, for £30 its the best little radio I have had in years. Thanks for the review I would never have bought it without the great tour ...............many thanks.

[@10p6]

You can definitely tell the difference in your 'Polished videos' :-) I am guessing this tape deck was an old design then they modified later on to add the SD / USB Bluetooth parts. If you did a tear down I bet you will just see an additional small PCB for those new digital functions.

[@o0julek0o]

10p6 it's 'polished'. 'polish' is the only word in the English language that changes meaning depending on whether the first letter is capital or not.

[@bahsj]

o0julek0o pronunciation changes too, which is especially weird for a non-native speaker like me.

[@whatsinitforme]

Bullshit. You need to stop trolling KZbin videos.

[@petermichaelgreen]

I would guess that they basically hooked up the SD/USB/Bluetooth module where the CD deck would normally connect.

[@P3SS3SSOd]

I've seen a few of these units around online and wondered how decent they were. Good to hear they aren't completely trash and reasonably useful. As a boombox collector these things are a bit of an affront to me, especially as I have a strong passion and extensive collection of these mini styled radios, but there's something about this unit I just can't deny.

[@wakjob961]

There were some amazing "boom-boxes" made in the late 80's-early 90's. Obviously this isn't in the same class, but neato for a new generation.

[@HIDLad001]

I saw a similar one on amazon under the "riptunes" branding

[@neodonkey]

Just thought I'd add my experience as a child with those 3-button players. I got one for Christmas from Boots and I was counting down the days, I was so excited. On Christmas day it chewed up every tape I put in it, so we took it back and I was taken to Tandy where I was bought a "Realistic" walkman. I was not a happy bunny at the time, the Boots thing was all 80s designed and cool like the model my friends had but here was this big bulky rectangular thing from Tandy that wasn't cool and required twice the batteries. How wrong I was though, it was built like a tank, it had rewind, I think it even had pause, it went ear-bleedingly loud and the mechanism was really good. Not knowing any better I even ran it off my Spectrum 9V power pack despite its input being 6V DC and it would run beautifully. Long, long after my friends cheap chinese crap had fallen to pieces my Realistic unit was still going strong.

[@CockatooDude]

It's always great when things you have grow on you like that.

[@laranaarana]

Tandy? I worked at Radio Shack in San Francisco for about 6 years. Bought several of their Realistic portable cassette players. The best one was the SCP-43 back in 1992. It came with a rechargeable battery. I paid $120.00 on sale (Reg. price was $220.00).

[@bobbym3155]

a reasoned, moderate opinion with context, on the internet? this is why I love these videos :)

[@billschlafly4107]

A thoughtful gracious comment on the Internet? Well that's is strange isn't it.

[@indyracingnut]

Wait....are these available at Aldi in America?

[@waseemh3863]

I love how fun, informative and entertaining your videos are. Thank you for posting awesome content and I wish you all the best.

[@nos1000100]

i think its fine for a good pick-nic or work radio

[@JPilot2]

Techmoan, it was actually pretty neat, watching you posting a video review like this!! Thank you! Cheers! :-)

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

That clear cassette player is like something they sell in the US to people in prison! Seriously, the TV's and everything else must be made of clear plastic so things can't be hidden them. I found a clear portable CD player at a thrift shop with the prisoner's name and number scratched into the back. No I didn't buy it..

[@isaiahash9697]

i have some prison walkman radios and they are also made of clear plastic. the perform as well as my normal walkmans :)

[@cletusspuckler2243]

I have the first version of Xbox game console made of clear plastic , not a jail model , just a special edition !

[@home3363308]

we used to have an old jail tv that was competly see through.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

Can confirm. Managed to get a second/third/nth-hand black and white CRT TV that was apparently in use at one of the local prisons for a time. It actually looked kinda neat. Had a completely transparent housing that gave a clear view of all the TV guts. Shame it had such a crap tuner. Almost re-gutted it for a neat-looking monitor.

[@JRSanchez93]

2 years later and he does a video on them.

[@oponder]

Just want to say I really like your channel and your videos! Thanks for making them, and for all the effort you put into it!

[@JangleRadio365]

I would have bought a couple of those vinyl albums at 1:57, unless they were junk "re-recordings by the original artists". I haven't seen that boombox sold in at my local Adli store in the USA. But I bet if they ever do, it won't have shortwave.

[@lucienberton4538]

Hi Techmoan; It seems you had as much fun playing with this thing as most of us had watching you do it:-) Thanks. On a separate note, I do so much miss the '80s, when Japanese brands like Akai, Sansui, Technics, JVC, etc. dominated the market. Great quality at a reasonable price. It was a much better world than today too. L.

[@MrEebs100]

Thumbs up for calling the BBC gits! :D

[@dimensiongamer534]

thumbs up for pointing that out and reminding me to thumbs up :)

[@JaboyJaq]

I'm an american, and The BBC would fit in well with all the hot-garbage news channels we have over here lol

[@BSAElectronics702]

Matt James - LOL! I caught that to!

[@stevemaherart]

Your idea of "rushed" is way above the level of other youtubers, great video. So spoiled with 3 techmoan videos in one week.

[@ParadoxdesignsOrg]

Probably worth it just for the retro looking factor. I had one that looked almost exactly like this back in the 80's but it was red.

[@TheWeco]

The amount of quality videos is damn brilliant. Bless you!

[@ITSTIMETOSTOP]

We have Aldi in the US as well.

[@planetX15]

Same here in Australia.

[@deonisp]

Ants In My Eyes Johnson too bad they don't sell players and records

[@ITSTIMETOSTOP]

***** Yeah we just get lawn chairs and nonstick pans.

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

They also have it on Mars

[@watershed44]

+Ants In My Eyes Johnson Do ours in the USA sell this unit too?

[@jpsworkshop2544]

Love Aldi, had one of their soundbars after xmas, reduced down to £29.99 absolutely fine and a 3 year warranty. Top deal!

[@hermannpaschulke1583]

my cheap Bluetooth receiver makes exactly the same startup sound :D

[@l3p3]

H. Those are off-the-shelf ICs for bluetooth receivers. Some put those into an USB-powered receiver stick, some into portabel bluetooth speakers and some into radios.

[@danielthechskid]

I have a mono Bluetooth speaker that makes a similar sound then a recorded voice says "bootoof mode" It also has an FM tuner.

[@CatzIzAwezome]

H. As did my roomate. I bought him a Bem bluetooth speaker and it makes the same sound.

[@nrdesign1991]

I'm putting one on my Car Radio (instead of an AUX adapter)

[@AnonymousUser77254]

H. Same, it was just over a dollar.

[@alittleolder]

I've never missed my tape recorder more than during this video.

[@JoaoSilva-yh4dg]

So many long techmoan videos, Im starting to get spoiled

[@FreshtexBlackman]

I actually watch Techmoan's videos for the ASMR aspect, his voice & accent relaxes me.

[@JuliaMono]

As you state "here on the world" they are called "figure of eight" lead (which is reasonable enough) in Germany, many people very wrongly call them "Rasierer-Kabel" (electrical shaver cable) because many electrical shavers some while ago came with similar shaped plugs and the term stuck. The shaving equipment plug was not standardized to my knowledge, I mainly saw it on equipment by the Braun-Company and it was a lot smaller then the Fig8 plug. It also was missing the 2 indents and was more of a "figure of 0". Just wanted to be the annoying guy sharing that totally useless piece of information :). Cheers.

[@exiles_dot_tv]

Do you remember what tracks you had on the Samsung SD Card @ 12:00 ? Those sounded like some choice selections

[@RCAvhstape]

Interesting that has shortwave bands, don't see too much of that anymore in regular consumer radios.

[@nicmcv6925]

banged out the same day, nice work and much appreciated :)

[@patrickdundee]

BBC, Gits. A really good Northern insult.

[@DesandSam]

I was in the USA earlier this year. Every independent record shop I visited was selling music on cassette, both second hand and new recordings.

[@1L6E6VHF]

The wireless has four bands, but you only tried it on one band :-)

[@brycewaltonsphotography3969]

First time commenting but I am a long time follower- I think this is a neat little boom box- Now you make me wanna check out some stores in America and see if they have anything like this- Have a great day!!

[@dfc99nyc]

Approx = $38.75, a bit pricey but it's an unusual item for today.

[@FunCade64]

I have one thing to say about the Eject, "Nice action"

[@4468]

That's not bad at all for £30, a nice system for the garden in the summer; cheap enough you're not going to worry if it gets damaged.

[@pcno2832]

We now have Aldi stores here in eastern MA, in Leominster, Milford and Medford, all sort of out-of-the-way places. The plan to increase their store count to 2,500 in the USA as a whole. I'll have to go by one some day and see if they carry this sort of thing.

[@rzeka]

I would love for there to be a modern company that makes tapes and tape decks like were made in the 80s

[@icarusprime]

A lot of us would but it's about cost and profit. Is there a big enough demand? and right now, no there is not.

[@rzeka]

icarusprime​ money sucks dude I just want tapes

[@Fireship1]

Love Aldi! We have them here in the US. You save a bundle buying your groceries there and every now and then, you find something cool like this in store. I bought some huge flower pots from them for my yard, got a good deal too!

[@-DeScruff]

This is one of those radios I would probably pickup and use at work if I was worried the thing might get a bit roughed up over time (like if I worked as a plumber, house painter, roofer or something) - Its one of those situations were sound quality doesn't really matter, you just want some background music.

[@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele]

Exactly... put a cheap 8gb old usb drive in and you're fine

[@imtoolazytousethis]

Wonder if these are also gonna come to Aldi in the US...

[@greenaum]

Good GRIEF, somebody's got a lot of Bluetooth devices! I don't even think I own as many electronic things at all, as Techmoan has got Blueteeth. I don't think I even own as many objects!

[@farajaraf]

Omfg

[@CharlieBrown-fy3zy]

Good grief

[@GilyBeck]

that scared me.. I could swear when you first pressed play it was eating the tape. *shiver*

[@RallyDon82]

i would love for real quality cassette machines to be manufactured again, fingers crossed.

[@Techmoan]

You'll probably develop arthritis in those fingers before a decent deck comes out - even the new Teac/Tascam thing uses a cheap nasty mechanism.

[@chrisbomber101]

nows the time in the uk to be going to bootfairs and pick up a 80s or 90s boombox for around £5-£10

[@chrisbomber101]

techmoan has already proved that with the right cassette player and cassettes you can get very very good sound playback, its all in the player and the type of tape used in the cassette :-)

[@chrisbomber101]

if you looking for a player best to go with something old school (80s 90s) then a modern reproduction

[@chrisbomber101]

yes all very true

[@orion1983uk]

Hi @Techmoan. Aldi have these back in stock again I just noticed on Friday (15th June). I know it isn't brilliant, but would you say it's overall worth it for occasional tape playing in the background?

[@jameslaidler4259]

Be better off buying an old 80's one and replacing the belts and cleaning the lot up.

[@dasconkcreetbaybee]

You don't say?!!!! This was a video on a cassette deck in 2017, the main point of the video was "Look here's a cassette player in 2017" Not "Get a 2017 one because the old ones are garbo" What a cretin

[@andrewbevan4662]

Except it wouldn't have SD, USB and Bluetooth...

[@frstwhsprs]

+Sir Anon "Get a 2017 one because the old ones are garbo" That sentence actually explains how those so-called trendy Malaysians react over an object (that released since 2000s or earlier).

[@teamdynamite1923]

techmoan do you think you can do a video on the Sony cfs 1020

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Interesting it cover the SW band. Thats pretty rare for a radio sold in the UK.

[@TheOptimod]

No its not. Nearly all my radios bought in the UK cover SW.

[@MitIodine9000]

They recently had those in Australia....seemed to sell out really quick, I couldn't find one after work the day it was released!

[@LFC303606ACID]

Send it to photoinduction, he'll make it go BOOM! Or at least..pop

[@Le_BlackStabbeth]

boom is the Russian guy's word. (btw it's photonicinduction)

[@DrewJPS]

Abbas Nadeem Ironically, kREOSAN are exactly like Photonic (Andy) and they're Russian.

[@PavelUrusov]

Drew Layton no, they are Ukrainian

[@DrewJPS]

Pavel Urusov Correct. My bad.

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

Freddie Mercury of the British rock band Queen was heavily involved in the production of this video

[@TheGuitologist]

By the way, I actually kind of prefer this gonzo video style. Do more of these.

[@UNBOXLT]

This is exactly Radiotehnika Riga 310 Stereo DESIGN clone. Please, google it:) Made in USSSR, Latvia :)

[@planetX15]

"USSSR"?

[@HistoricaHungarica]

Those soviets! They used SD cards USB and Bluetooth before the west!

[@UNBOXLT]

USSR

[@UNBOXLT]

Just check in google before answering:). I was talking about similarity to Riga 310 Stereo. I am not talking about technical specifications, just only similar design. :) Copy and then paste to GOOGLE: Radiotehnika Riga 310 Stereo. Please search for gray one. You will find some similarities :)

[@valterslacis614]

Heh, I thought it looked familiar:)!

[@gunhed76]

Such a nice looking boombox

[@dataman2609]

AlDi =Albrecht Discounter

[@CollaroRC54]

Just catching up on all your (mostly audio) videos from day 1 and have reached this stage without yet commenting. I feel I must applaud you on all your good work in these videos as they are very professionally executed, informative and a pleasure to watch. I must say here that the ‘Retro Grooves’ tape used here is either very thin tape or that machine was trying to eat it. There were some ‘Double Play’ pre recorded cassettes available in the 80’s which I bought and found some machines like this (and even some more upmarket Panasonic equipment) would put a long crease down the centre of the tape where it wasn’t seating in the deck properly and thus produced that phasing ‘loss of treble’ effect whilst it was destroying your tape 😩 These are basically cassette versions of the portable Crosby record players that have become all the rage with (mainly) non audio enthusiasts . One last thing , could you please tell me (or put up a link) to the Inflation Calculator you use in a lot of these videos as I like it. Tried several but like the look of the one you use . Keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

Did you see 8 Bit's Guy's review of one of these? ...... I won't ruin it but #Steamroller !!! _Edit_ *YES, I know it's not the same model. It's another cheap player*

[@Evan420]

Wiggysan Wiggysan it wasn't the same one. His had "X-BASS" on the speakers and was much bigger

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

Agreed, not the same brand but equally as crap !

[@jorenmartijn]

I'm pretty sure that was a entirely different machine, sounded a lot worse too. :)

[@steadicamant]

Not the same unit though, far from it! his one looks half decent! Techmoan actual helped supply some audio for 8 bit guys review.

[@mistermatix8241]

Not the same model, not even close. so much for your smart-arsed comment. I've just bought two of these, absolutely excellent for the kitchen, boat, caravan etc. I hate snob comments. Read my little review. There is NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING wrong with this smart little stereo, does everything well, sounds good, with decent volume, well made, all functions work great.

[@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews]

I found the style of this unboxing refreshing. More live reviews please!

[@CatsMeowPaw]

Blimey! That tape player is a tad shite.

[@julosx]

Those speakers reach their limits pretty soon also…

[@Andelos00P]

I don't know what to say.. Its everything you ever wanted in a stereo if you hate music.. but it does a lot of stuff , maybe for travelling , great video .. thanks Techmoan

[@BillAnt]

We have and Aldi shop in the US too but it's a grocery store. hmmm

[@owenholder8792]

Thank you for the instant review, even though I doubt we get this in a US version. I kind of hope we do as it would make a good unit to leave in the shop.

[@Brotkast255]

You know, even when the Wall of Berlin has fallen, Germany was still seperated in some way... In Aldi North and Aldi South.

[@LegendaryKenneth]

Absolutely fantastic shirt as always