DSP4YOU (www.minidsp.com) is a company that makes tiny audio DSP (digital signal processor) kits. For this particular review, I’ll be reviewing two of their cards, the MiniDIGI and the miniAMP. Like most of my reviews, lets start off with the picture: The miniDIGI and miniAMP are the two little cards sitting on top of my …
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TED-5000 from the TheEnergyDetective.com
This is a review of the the TED-5000 from TheEnergyDetective.com. This is kind of a unique contraption, so lets start by saying what it is and why you might want it. There’s some psychological evidence that merely being aware of your energy usage will cause the average person to become more conservative. Take for example …
Read MoreReview – Sodastream soda making machine
Let’s start off with the hardware. The machine is mostly plastic, but it appears durable. I’m a great abuser of products and I haven’t managed to break anything on it yet. The bottles are of above-average plastic thickness, so they’ll probably last as long as the company claims they will. The CO2 canisters are well …
Read MoreReview: iRobot Roomba 550 / 551
This is a review of the iRobot Roomba cleaning robot. The iRobot roomba is a robot that claims to be able to vacuum for you. As vacuuming the floor is one of those tasks that I put off and rarely get around to, it seemed like a good product to evaluate. I evaluated it for …
Read MoreNixie Tube Clock
This is a product review of the TubeHobby NCV2.1-14 Nixie Tube Clock Kit. For those unfamiliar with nixie tubes, they are a technology that dates from the 1960s. Nixies are glass gas-filled tubes operating on approximately 170 volts DC. Each tube has 10 cathodes, one for each of the numerals 0-9 and one anode. Whereas …
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The CinemaTube BV-5005HD is a standalone media player with HDMI 1080p output. First, some background on my particular application. I always wanted a DVD jukebox so that I could store all of my DVDs in one location and watch them at will without having to chase down a DVD and insert it into the player. …
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