Crap Hifi

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Жыл бұрын

About the Cosmel Mini System, more or less...
Music: posy.bandcamp.com/
Or Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3zkrm...
Or Apple Music: / posy

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@localhost4460 Жыл бұрын

The fake 6-band equalizer is incredible!

@CatFish107 Жыл бұрын

It clearly works as a multi band filter bank. Just listen to the noise timbre changing. Lovely stuff

@video99couk Жыл бұрын

There is a reason for it. Each channel had its own linear potentiometer. If you pulled the plastic links off, you would almost certainly be able to apply the equaliser to each channel independently. Perhaps try it.

@dougodyssey50 Жыл бұрын

I was always appalled by that as a teenager. But if people are ok with it (because it's cheap) then that's ok with me.

@pcorf Жыл бұрын

Highly advanced in it's time.

@DoubleMonoLR Жыл бұрын

It was common on cheap systems.

@taviso Жыл бұрын

I had a similarly crap mini system. Once during a power cut, I noticed that if I rotate the turntable manually I could get the radio to work! That provided enough entertainment (and exercise) until the power was restored! 😆

@D3nn1s Жыл бұрын

Haha thats awesome! :D

@rkan2 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@brentfisher902 Жыл бұрын

So it was basically the vinyl version of the clockwork dynamo radio....I'm guessing...

@SamiJumppanen Жыл бұрын

Woow, talking about redundant systems! 😁 Really cool!

@richardmoloney689 Жыл бұрын

Crystal radio.

@blitzhardt3592 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that even if something is objectively old and crap, someone can still find a way to love it. Especially the creative mind of a bored kid.

@phs125 Жыл бұрын

Some of the best music I heard in childhood were the various ringtones in my dad's nokia phone, So yeah...

@joshm7769 Жыл бұрын

The world before internet was an interesting one.

@jonathaneastwood2927 Жыл бұрын

@@joshm7769 Better too!

@barkbuck5521 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I miss how tactile hardware use to be. Not just because you could actually fix things without going to an officially licensed shop, but because all the clicks, jingles, whirls, and hums was a part of the experience.

@richardcrook2112 Жыл бұрын

I know right, and when you pressed a button - you actually made it perform the function. Now when you press a button it feels like your asking it's permission.

@goodun2974 Жыл бұрын

@@richardcrook2112 Well, when I push my wife's buttons, I definitely *am* asking for permission! 😃

@MasDouc Жыл бұрын

Yeah we somehow lost "fun."

@classydays43 Жыл бұрын

Despite it being objectively crap, it's lasted 31 years, inspired your whole career, and continues to make it's idiosyncratic noises. Subjectively speaking, it's a work of art.

@alexanderbateman5581 Жыл бұрын

This type of thing is what makes analog devices so special - the ability to have fun! It's sorely missing in more "perfect" but much more boring digital technologies that have overtaken any sort of analog tech. We need more devices you can play with!

@koffing2073 Жыл бұрын

that why vinyl is so popular

@reggiep75 Жыл бұрын

I feel this. All of those unlisted features we found by half-pressing keys and the fun we had. I no longer feel alone, my brothers are out there!

@4.0.4 Жыл бұрын

Like a computer that you can program to do absolutely anything? 🙃

@alexanderbateman5581 Жыл бұрын

@@4.0.4 Computers are much too abstract, and lack an element of "play". Early computers actually are better for this, since you had to mess with it to do anything. It's why stuff like Scratch is so awesome for introducing kids to programming. I'm also a big fan of PICO-8.

@brentfisher902 Жыл бұрын

That's why I wrote a C program that takes a stereo WAV file and writes a mono WAV file that alternates the left and right channels 60 times a second plus some synchronizing signals so you can record stereo music on the linear MONO track of a VHS video cassette recorder...one 2 hour SP tape holds a little over 40 minutes of stereo sound...I did this so I can experience the tape dropouts and hiss of the VHS magnetic tape surface...of course...this is not a real-time solution...and I had a heck of a time getting the program to not have discontinuities in the output as it reads the WAV file digitized back off the tape and algorithmically splices back the stereo sound...now with artifacts of tape recording effects. I even used the system() command to run the Dolby B software encoder decoder to get better signal to noise ratio...the level that you digitize the signal back in doesn't matter much as there is a sine-wave after each packet which is used to set the DC offset and volume level, so song fade-outs remain intact even with automatic level control recorders.. In the future I want to make a program that takes a high-definition/4K 60 frames per second video file and re-draws it slower into a DVD video MPEG file which you would be able to record on a VHS tape then use a capture card to capture the image off of the VHS tape and re-assemble it into a high-definition 4K 60 frame per second video file complete with all the tape dropouts, static and other VHS glitches..(this is vaporware--I haven't wrote this yet!)

@izzieb Жыл бұрын

Growing up before streaming (and as MP3 files were becoming popular), I had a few crappy stereos. It didn't matter if they were crappy, they were mine and the ability to record allowed me to make my own music or "radio" shows. I know this to be true for many other people. They might have been objectively bad, but they were the gateway to more 😁.

@reggiep75 Жыл бұрын

I have finally found someone who is as guilty as I am of meddling with HiFi systems. Mic inputs, half pressing the buttons and finding new functions that weren't in the manual and everything else that made summer holidays and boring days less boring. 🤘😂

@HulluJanne Жыл бұрын

For whatever reason, I seem to always find a way to "half press" digital stuff, especially the more modern "smart" crap, making them do all kinds of errors and freezes. It's kinda annoying being an unintentional bug finder.

@craigjensen6853 Жыл бұрын

I like how the AKAI has "DAD" mode. I assume that's so I can play my dad music at an extra loud volume while locking out my kids trying to turn it off. I need to get one of those.

@kpanic23 Жыл бұрын

My old Denon amplifier also had a DAD/AUX input. According to the manual it stands for "Digital Audio Device", aka. CD!

@dougodyssey50 Жыл бұрын

It only works with Journey or Tom Petty.

@kernelpaniiic Жыл бұрын

3:42 the lovely sound of Eurosignal transmissions… Tons of memories. Was mysterious for me as well in my childhood.

@PosyMusic Жыл бұрын

So THAT's what it was. Another mystery solved 😁

@markr9069 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god. I've wondered what this was since about 1992

@glenkamo Жыл бұрын

This was just beautiful. Something very specific and individual and personal to you yourself ends up resonating with others who are different and don't share the same experiences and yet ... I really like what you are doing on this channel and I look forward to more. Thanks for sharing!

@nvrndingsmmr Жыл бұрын

The stop motion bit at the end was so heartwarming and special. Thank you for that! I hope the little stereo comes back even though it did not want to play the record!

@chrispowder2713 Жыл бұрын

1992, as I turned 7, I got a real component system from my Dad, with a Pioneer A-333, Sony CD-Player, a NEC Cassette deck and a Dual CT-19 Tuner connected to Braun 3-way Speakers with dome mids and tweeters. I was so proud and I knew I'm having the best Dad in the world. 🙂 Since I got this system I'm an hifi-enthusiast. Thanks Dad!

@FuckMargaretThatchher Жыл бұрын

I bought the same set an eternity ago, to this day it's still existing collecting dust.

@fabiopakk Жыл бұрын

Jesus, I can't stop laughing! 😅😂🤣 Unbelievable! I thought it was only me and some other local kids who have discovered that half pressing the record button in a cassette player would make it speed up. You see, different cassette players, different countries and different lives... But we are all connected 🙂. I appreciate another nicely done video!

@reggiep75 Жыл бұрын

The Half-Presser Brotherhood is alive and kicking. Unity in every half press of every button! 🤘

@pioneernut7487 Жыл бұрын

I discovered it around 1997

@brentfisher902 Жыл бұрын

I knew this from my FIRST boombox when I was 6 years old in the summer of 1988 way back at the end of the Crusades...Push the pause button halfway while playing and the pinch roller lifts up but not enough to take the take up spindle out of mesh with the motor...and Instant Rim Drive high speed mode...I did it so many times that the pinch roller fell off and got mislaid somewhere and from that point on it was always Chipmunk music...until I that discovered the top outlet which was wired to the light dimmer switch...simply dim the cassette player and normal speed is achieved....flash forward to Veterans Day in 2017 or 2018 when my father got the bright idea to dim the electric space heater...a loud POP!....then darkness....

@MattExzy Жыл бұрын

If memory serves me well, dictaphones of the similar era had some sort of tape speed selection... of course the quality was much worse, but you could carry it around school recording fart noises or toilets flushing and different speeds with silly voices.

@FranciscoBurrola Жыл бұрын

This is so wholesome, this was my childhood too

@corncobjohnsonreal Жыл бұрын

This makes me miss getting cheap garbage from goodwill and the depths of ebay to just go ape on it and hope maybe something cool will come out of it. In a world where everyone knows every trick, is nice finding something no one knows about and making secret discoveries. I love your brain

@trtotally Жыл бұрын

Posy and Dankpods are like two extremes but I still want them to collab.

@PrincessShokora2002 2 ай бұрын

The greatest crossover in history

@9034833838 Жыл бұрын

"Wake up babe. New Posy just dropped"

@l4game Жыл бұрын

R E A L S H I T ???!!?😳

@crocornaw Жыл бұрын

REAL!

@Nobody-Nowhere Жыл бұрын

The feeling when you switched on the BASS BOOST on you mini hifi set.

@Nobody-Nowhere Жыл бұрын

I had Grundig M1 Mini, and now when i googled it.. it looks kinda cool.

@ThatBenKraft Жыл бұрын

Honestly one of my favorite channels for its uniqueness!

@w4439 Жыл бұрын

This has to be my favorite channel. The world of full of so many AMAZING things which we take for granted. Your videos communicate this fact incredibly. Big thanks for keeping this content coming

@rj5529 Жыл бұрын

I'm having a hard time pinning down the nostalgia vibe I feel watching your videos lol, it's almost like the kind of far out videos you would get on VHS in the late 90's early 2000's in school, I love it.

@lucaslemonholm6410 Жыл бұрын

thank you for posting this and reminding us that the closer we listen and the more we explore sound, the more we enjoy it. i wish there was as much content like this as there is content talking about how "good" or "bad" certain audio gear is. i feel very inspired by this video

@Povilaz Жыл бұрын

I'm beginning to fall in love with this channel. This stereo brought back so much nostalgia to me, as I grew up with a stereo with the same kind of "quality".

@WDC_OSA Жыл бұрын

It's good to see the personal history that led to your sampling masterpiece, Some Kind Of.

@wert6398 Жыл бұрын

I love your content so much dude. It is so satisfying seeing you dive into small details of old tech and make highly produced content from it. Your videos scratch an itch in my brain that I didn't know could be scratched. Thank you.

@IvanStepaniuk Жыл бұрын

Another great video! Loved the Tim Hunkin'esque stop motion. Goed bezig!

@kncars7 Жыл бұрын

the whole video from start to finish - the visuals, the audio, the stop motion, the songs made - just amazing

@HanZie82 Жыл бұрын

"All work and no play makes Posy a dull boy"

@growingup15 Жыл бұрын

There's something about Crappy Audio and Crappy sets that has a much more homie feeling to them compared to High end ones. I think the reason is majority of us grew up middle class or poor and one could afford or our parents could afford the cheaper stuff. Cheap CRT TVs, Cheap Computers, Cheap Cassettes and CD Players. it all had a effect on our lives. Like just looks how what's popular now? Lo Fi, Vaporwave, Neo Y2K videos and Music sounds. there's a reason we all resonate with those sounds.

@alexp8555 Жыл бұрын

The Irresistible Force! Such a great project, as well as that whole era of Ninja Tune records

@nullcircuit Жыл бұрын

Once again I thank you for making these beautiful and strange tracks. Listening to your music is a refreshing breath of air that inspires me to go out and create things myself. Love you, dude.

@fragilefaux6154 Жыл бұрын

Very creative! Your video essays are inspiring, and you music is loads of fun. Thanks for sharing!

@Selrisitai Жыл бұрын

The sound design in this video is phenomenal. That, and your creativity, kept me watching.

@Artichoked1 Жыл бұрын

Posy, you never fail to achieve such amazing quality and authenticity in your videos. The professionalism, the storytelling, the music, everything. Thank you for bringing such incredible experiences to us through your videos.

@csonweedagain5054 Жыл бұрын

Everytime this man posts it brightens my mood - even if I have to wait a year for the next video it's worth it; the amount of childhood wonder he has brought back to me is beyond words. I didn't notice, but it really started with the hot water color video - I used to sit and stare at the pretty patterns unfolding in front of me when mom cooked and I didn't remember that before this channel. I'll probably never know you, but you've done a lot for many, many people, and it's appreciated :)

@julian117xd Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful human being you are and it shows in the quality, creativity and sensitiveness of your videos Thank you for always making me smile with them 💖

@partack1 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos. Always charming, playful and interesting. More please.

@acalmerkarma Жыл бұрын

There's something about your channel that just gives me the greatest vibes. I check literally every day for new uploads

@Voshchronos Жыл бұрын

God tier channel and god tier video. Your love for music is so beautiful!

@SMELLE Жыл бұрын

Wow, i just discovered your channel about a month ago and I'm so in love with your stuff. Thanks for the awesome content!

@starwantrix5324 Жыл бұрын

You're a just the definition of awesomeness! I love your style, positivity, humor and general vibe)

@vverbeke Жыл бұрын

I had a very similar crappy audio system, but it lacked the microphone input. When I wrapped the FM antenna around the antenna of my walkie-talkie, the tuner somehow switched to the walkie-talkie frequency and I could record my voice. The cassette deck had the same buttons with these slow-mo effects. Wonderfull times playing with thes things. Unfortunately, all my cassettes are lost now.

@donniecatalano 4 ай бұрын

Seeing some of your content throws me into a strange happy-sad mood of remembering what a great youth I lived. Thanks man.

@nickographer6528 Жыл бұрын

You're brilliant Posy. So glad I found this channel.

@D3nn1s Жыл бұрын

Man i love your videos, theyre just perfect

@forest6702 Жыл бұрын

my friend. Thank you!! thank you for such the great videos, this one is so perfect. such an inspiration, you have such a great mind for sound design

@DarwinDMC Жыл бұрын

I never thought I would find so much inspiration in seemingly random channel. You are awesome man, stay safe!

@RaoulB. Жыл бұрын

I love your content, it’s truly unique!

@rmyers99 Жыл бұрын

I have a similar nostalgia for this kind of gear. My first "real stereo" was the same as yours though the layout was slightly different. Super cheap dual-cassette player, AM/FM radio, shitty record player. Loved the montage of tapes too. I once had entire boxes of them. Wish I hadn't thrown them out years ago though. I didn't record effects like you but made dozens of my own mix tapes. I also remember finding out about weird stuff like half-pressing buttons. Analog tech definitely had some fun little bits like that.

@-fuk57 Жыл бұрын

My parents bought me a Goldstar like this. I used to make mixtapes from my parents' records with me pretending that I was a DJ in between songs. My tapes never hit the charts. I did, however, discover some cool Satan sounds on one record while I was forcing it to play in reverse.

@gregx5096 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! I never thought to check if my childhood analog stereo had such capabilities...

@paranoiia8 Жыл бұрын

My first hifi was Aiwa with 3 cd changer that was amazing to look how that mechanism worked...

@yahyachagri7248 Жыл бұрын

THIS IS NOT WEIRD MUSIC THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!!!!!

@toldyouitsvibe Жыл бұрын

man i love your videos it has a nostalgic feel old youtube style please continue making videos

@ccheww Жыл бұрын

your videos are incredible. the sound design is awesome.

@tyleralberico9340 Жыл бұрын

I love the story! Every video of yours is so unique I love it

@Psycandy Жыл бұрын

we used to put a switch on the erase head so you could overdub on cassette, sometimes bridge the selector so you can have the mic live over source, then overdub during cue/review. If the motor has a pot, you can adjust the transport speed. The beauty of a crap hifi - the beauty of a crap anything - is the freedom to experiment.

@don_marcel Жыл бұрын

You never disappoint! I wish every BSOD came with an audio loop. . .

@AtomicSymphonic Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, you made the track at 1:30 in the year 1992? While you were still a kid?! Holy cow! You have an INSANE amount of talent! You are a bona-fide creative genius, Posy!!! I don't think I could have even dreamt of creating something like what you made in 1992, especially as a child! I truly cannot wait to see what else you'll make! Glad to have subscribed to you!

@snoosri Жыл бұрын

kids are all more pure and talented. they just dont have the experience, knowledge and status. we devolve into adults due to society programming our talents away into mindless robot slaves. good job, society!

@PosyMusic Жыл бұрын

Well thank you 😁You may be exaggerating a bit though...

@joko49perez Жыл бұрын

He has some music on his channel, check it out.

@slimeprivilege Жыл бұрын

bro whats wrong with you

@dominateeye Жыл бұрын

The sense of style in your videos is incredible!

@jamesdelahoussaye5658 Жыл бұрын

Posy I love your production and deadpan delivery. Keep it up!

@alherrera9390 Жыл бұрын

Double deck cassette players were my favorite thing 20 years ago. I hadn`t a childhood as musically creative as yours, but a cool one indeed, due to this thingys. Thanks for sharing your talent and a bit of your history with us!

@adewilliam9047 Жыл бұрын

Great production, as always!! I really enjoy your videos!!

@Wolfie66 Жыл бұрын

I got a cheap integrated system for Christmas when I was 13. Thought it was the best thing ever. Discovered a lot of great music on that system. Great video!

@tgrcode Жыл бұрын

The way you passionately introduce to me things I've never touched in my life. I love it

@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын

Wow, I love that you used this more as an instrument than a stereo. (Or perhaps just as much.) Also, tulip plugs being a selling feature in your fake ad was funny. And then the stop motion at the end was a treat! Reminded me of the things I used to make.

@normalmanbruh Жыл бұрын

Your channel is such a treasure of videos! As someone who produces, your music is fascinating and your video style is just fantastic. Always eager to see your next upload!

@Seth-hc2bj Жыл бұрын

I love this video so much. Crappy equipment being a gateway to experimental music is a very real thing

@NeckUno1 Жыл бұрын

All work and no play makes Posy a dull boy :) Nice easter egg and great video as always! I have a very similar experience playing with crappy Hi-Fi in my childhood, I will never forget this. It was very joyful and true, it's a pity that today's youth will never feel this taste. You are making great job, I love your channel! Cheers

@thenameless3271 Жыл бұрын

You are a true artist When I grow up, I want to be a Posy

@VintageVigilante Жыл бұрын

This video reached me! I loved my crappy Philips boombox. Also, I really enjoyed listening to your album 💛

@rcmaster207 Жыл бұрын

Your videos and creativity never fail to amaze me.

@axelhanne8238 Жыл бұрын

These videos are so full of love and passion

@jasons8479 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that had fun doing this kind of stuff. I thought there was something wrong with just me. You've proven it can be perfected into an absolute art form!

@FaBianrecord Жыл бұрын

That's makes me travel to my early teen age, full o fun making and rediscovering the pitch possibility and basic and not so (but exhausting) editions from cassette to cassette, lot of experimentations were made whit that. Very touching nostalgia in there.

@wullapwullap6270 Жыл бұрын

That man is something else. I love every video. I mean you have that special magic feeling which connect to your memories and brings you happiness.

@RedHeadForester Жыл бұрын

I've never seen this channel before, and to be honest I wasn't focusing on the video the whole time, but this is a masterpiece and deserves more views.

@VADemon Жыл бұрын

I love your sense for creativity and aesthetics

@EdBMetal Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the nostalgia from this video. I even had that small casio keyboard as well hahaha. I can so relate to this video!

@magicspiral3323 Жыл бұрын

Crazy how much this mirrors my own experience with cassette decks. Great video production, I must say.

@natevirtual Жыл бұрын

Your voice is just so captivating. I'm hypnotized now.

@Larslegos Жыл бұрын

It's always a pleasure watching your videos

@amplifierheadache Жыл бұрын

I had a cheap Sanyo radio/tape/CD combo growing up, in the shed where I laid out my grand plans to conquer the cul-de-sac next to mine was my father's Lloyd's dual tape deck radio, my father had the nice Aiwa radio in his office. Truly some fun times were had with these machines. Still have the Aiwa and Lloyd's, the Sanyo melted in a fire. Anyway I really enjoy these vidoes you put out Posy, I also really like the music you make. Keep doing what you do.

@testcardsandmore1231 Жыл бұрын

Cool to hear the old Eurosignal at 3:44. Eurosignal was a pager system used in West Germany and a few other countries. It was transmitted just below the FM band.

@MagicPlants Жыл бұрын

You did a great job EQing your voice to match the era. Very impressed.

@MrKubahades Жыл бұрын

i love this chanel, your style is so fun to watch

@Wyattporter Жыл бұрын

Really good, short and sweet. Always a treat.

@vikiai4241 2 ай бұрын

I've never heard RCA-jacks called 'tulip connectors' before finding your channel. But I love it, and will use it myself going forward.

@jplourde11 29 күн бұрын

this channel is underrated such high quality as usual posy!!!

@user-li2fy4hu7p Жыл бұрын

2:15 omfg! I've asked people my entire life if they've ever done this, I've never seen anyone else do this before. You're bringing back memories. Mixing nirvana with slowed down eminem, or making my own version of the "hula-hoop" christmas song.. Aaand I'm subbed.

@kildogery Жыл бұрын

This is great. I love this channel

@WaffleStaffel Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Skinny Puppy songs has them live, tuning through the radio dial connected to a sampler. I can't believe I tortured my brain with that stuff.

@Gazdatronik Жыл бұрын

I remember that concert

@ErraticPT Жыл бұрын

That makes Amstrad "HIFI" equipment look like quality!

@dreamingone615 Жыл бұрын

Creativity is what turns limitations and mistakes into the main features. Great job!

@Alxvndro Жыл бұрын

A relic of a video, truly a venture into childhood discovery and creation.

@Schneewittchensarg Жыл бұрын

After uploading my latest video about a cassette deck I recently bought, KZfaq suggested me to watch this video. For that I'm very happy! This video brings back memory of my first stereo, and the recordings I made and techniques I discovered, like recording from cd to tape, using pause and rewind to make loop edits and stuff. I think many of us was playing like this as kids in the 90s, it's nice how you explain it for the younger generations. Your video "I Never Really Changed" also made me happy! I think you would find my Harman/Kardon video interesting :)