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Archive Thrifting #24: The Delicate Sound of Thrifting S00 E276

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Some things don’t come easy…like the first thrifting video of 2023 (more than halfway into the year, no less).

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Donny Osmond - Soldier of Love (Michael Bay Salute)
2
National Anthem Conspiracy Theory
3
Everlasting Love
4
The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 (Commentary)
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Sounds to Make You Shiver
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TV Sign-Offs (Commentary)
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Emergency Broadcast Salute (Commentary)
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Freedom is a Hammer (Album Review)
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American EXXXtasy (Commentary)
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Greetings From the Stars (Sort Of)
11
Ask the Archive
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Archive Riffs: Petaluma Chicken
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Local TV Special (Commentary)
14
Archive Riffs: Greedy Humpty Dumpty
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VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video) (Commentary)
16
Archive Riffs: Say No to Strangers
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National Anthem Conspiracy Theory (Redux)
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Halloween Special 2012 (Commentary)
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Hallmark Presents: Spooky Sounds
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Archive Riffs: Dining Together
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Christmas Special 2012 (A Fair Use Christmas) (Commentary)
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Archive Riffs: A Christmas Fantasy
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TV DX-ing
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Archive Riffs: Live & Learn
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Archive Riffs: Cigarette Commercials
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Backwards Masking (Commentary)
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A Nice Pair (of early, European VCR's)
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Blooper Reel
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VHS Vault Vol. 5 - Y2K (Commentary)
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Archive Riffs: Atomic Alert (Elementary Edition)
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Ben's Junk: Sony Super Betamax
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Ben's Junk: VideoNow PVD Player
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Format Wars 2 (COMMENTARY)
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Ben's Junk: VHS Camcorder (RCA CC285)
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The Great Archive Treasure Hunt (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk: Tascam Cassette Portastudio
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Halloween Special 2013 (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk : 8-Track/Cassette "Adaptor"
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Ben's Junk: Multi-System VHS VCR (Hitachi VT-M768EM)
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Ben's Junk: JVC S-VHS VCR (S7600U)
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Ben's Junk: LaserKaraoke/Laserdisc Player (Pioneer CLD-S304)
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1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Commentary)
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The DuMont Network (Deleted Game Show Segment)
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Ben's Junk: Handheld Electronic Games
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Ben's Junk: B-Movies & cult Classics
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Ben Tries Finnish Candy
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Ben's Junk: WebTV Box
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The Death of Analog TV (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk: Super 8 Sound Projector (Sears Sound II - Model 9258)
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Archive Riffs: Self-Conscious Guy
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Oddity Archive: Episode 78.4 - VHS Vault Vol. 6 (How's Your Sex Life?) (COMMENTARY)
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(Unofficial) Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I (model 220)
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Ben's Junk: 8-Track (and related) Oddities
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Ben's Junk: Sony DT-30 (External VCR Timer)
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Ben Tries Bonomo's Turkish Taffy
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Ben's Junk: Rejuvenique Revisited (plus Contest!)
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Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique) (Commentary)
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An Overly Nostalgic Halloween (or, For The Want of a Pail)
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For The Want of a Pail (Conclusion)
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Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder
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Ben Tries (Thanksgiving Edition) (or, Ben tries Australian Stuff)
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
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Archive Riffs: A Christmas Dream
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Ben's CED Collection (Deleted Segment from CED Episode)
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Ben's Junk: Guitars! Guitars!! Guitars!!!
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Philips CD-I Collection
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Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I Peacekeeper Revolver
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Ben's Junk: Ben's (Incomplete) Comedy LP Collection
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Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
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Ben's Junk: Commodore 64 (& Peripherals)
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Ben's Junk: Sony TT-100 Tuner/Timer (for U-Matic)
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Commodore 64 (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk: VCR Co-Pilot
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Archive Riffs: Fox Hour Promotional Reel
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Record Ripoffs (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk: Magnavox Odyssey 2 (Video Game Console)
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Ben's Junk: Colecovision Video Game Console
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Ben's Junk: (Some Of) Ben's Vinyl Collection
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"The Voice" Module (for Magnavox Odyssey 2)
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Flexplay Disposable DVD Update
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Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Star Station Sing-Along Machine
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Fisher-Price PXL-2000 Camcorder (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk: bob (Another Nanny Box)
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Ben's Junk: DVD Recorder (Panasonic DMR-E55)
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Ben's Junk: Gemmy Douglas Fir Talking Christmas Tree
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Comic Book Collection
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Ben's Junk: Learn To Solder Kit
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Ben’s Junk: MD Walkman (Minidisc Addendum)
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Ben's Junk: RCA Selectavision CED Player (SGT 250)
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Audiophile Albums
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Ben's Junk: Vtech Socrates Educational Video System
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Ben's Junk: Videocipher II Plus/Manhattan Cable TV Box
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Ben's Junk: go reader (Audiobook Device)
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Archive Riffs: Dear Miss Gloria
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DBX Noise Reduction System (Commentary)
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Ben's Junk: Las Vegas Vacation (1997)
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Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 1)
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Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 2)
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Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Tape (Azimuth Alignment Cassette)
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Ben's Junk: DBX Cassettes (DBX Addendum)
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Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Disc (Turntable Cartridge Alignment Tool)
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Ben’s Junk: (New) Speed Calibration Cassette
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Ben's Junk: CVS One-Time-Use Video Camcorder
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Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) (Commentary)
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Ben’s Junk: The World of Yesterday (Classic Hollywood Fanzines)
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Ben's Junk: Realistic Phono Pre-Amp (Model 42-2109)
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Ben's Junk: Vidicraft Vidimate Video Enhancer (Model VDM300S)
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Ben's Junk: Star Shower Laser Light
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Ben's Junk: Sankyo Dualux Dual8 Projector (Model 2000H)
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Ben's Junk: Allsop 3 Orbitrac Record Cleaning System
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Ben's Junk: JVC KD-A6 Cassette Deck
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Ben's Junk: Discwasher Compact Disc Cleaner
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Ben's Junk: Royal Disc Repair System
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Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf
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Ben’s Junk: MP32C64 Adapter (Commodore Datasette Substitute)
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Archive Thrifting #1: Impromptu Investigations
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Archive Thrifting #2: Arc of a (Dumpster) Diver
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Ben's Junk: K-Tel Record Selector
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Ben's Junk: Teac V-770 Cassette Deck
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Discovision Dead Sides
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Ben's Junk: ABC Talking Monday Night Football (Board Game)
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Archive Riffs: Selling Your Home?
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Archive Thrifting #3: Beautiful Downtown Aurora's Last Stand
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Ben's Junk: Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit
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Ben's Junk: Audio Technica AT-LP120 Turntable (Early Thoughts)
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Makeshift Bedroom Stereo System
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Ben's Junk: Ramsey FM Transmitter (Further Experiments)
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Ask The Archive Live (9/14/2018)
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Archive Thrifting #4: Elvis Sightings
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Archive Thrifting #5: Low Money Hu$tla
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Sounds of Terror! (Halloween Album Review)
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Ben's Junk: Pac-Man Fever (Pac-Man Mini Arcades)
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Archive Riffs: Thanksgiving Commercials
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NES Classic Edition (The Last Word?)
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Christmas LaserKaraoke (Deleted Segment)
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Ben's Junk: Nagaoka MP-110H Phono Cartridge
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Ben's Junk: Sega Pico ("Edutainment" Console)
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Ben's Junk: SNES Classic Edition (Belated) First Impressions)
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Ben’s Junk: Tyco VideoCam (Another Kiddie Camcorder)
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Archive Riffs: Valentine’s Day Commercials (A Semi-Romantic Tale)
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Archive Thrifting #6: Frostbite Falls
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Ben's Junk: Ronco Mr. Microphone
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Ben’s Junk: GAF 3100S Super 8 Film Projector
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Ben's Junk: The Big Reel (Film Collector’s Magazine)
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Discovision/Laserdisc Quirks (An Informal Discussion)
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Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 2
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Ben’s Junk: VGA Converters/Public Domain CD-ROMs
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Ben’s Junk: Innovative Technologies ITNS-500 Slide “Scanner”
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Archive Riffs: Clutch Cargo (Big “X”, Pts. 4 & 5)
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Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm (Commentary)
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Archive Thrifting #7: Wii, Wii, All The Way Home
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Record Ripoffs Commercial Parodies (Vols. 1–9)
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Ben's Junk: Video Action Magazine (Issue #1: December, 1980)
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Bennytronics Guitar Noise Experiment (Analog, Circa 1980-style) (COMPLETE SEGMENT)
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Laserdisc Collection (2019 Edition)
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Fostex X-14/Ben's Music "Career": The Gear
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Ben's Junk: Whippany Rhythm Master (Circa 1972 Drum Machine)
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Ben's Junk: Burns Theremin
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Archive Thrifting #8: Break IT You Pay For IT
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Haunted House (Halloween SFX Album Review)
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Telesound 13 (Moog/Realistic Concertmate MG-1)
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Ben's Junk: Realistic Concertmate (Moog) MG-1 Synthesizer
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Ben's Junk: Sony DCR-TRV320 Digital8 Handycam (Video8 Addendum)
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Ben's Junk: Archer Video Processor/Stabilizer (Model 15-1272A)
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Algorithmic Audio Mastering (CloudBounce Review)
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Archive Thrifting #9: Christmas Confidential
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Archive Riffs: Boxing Day Commercials (er, Adverts)
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MovieCD
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Ben's Junk: Cult VHS (& A Few DVD's) (2020 Edition)
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Ben's Junk: Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD Audio Interface
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Ben's Junk: Behringer neutron (analog, Monophonic) Synthesizer
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F.D.G. (Oddity Archive Sign-Off Muzak)
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Ben's Junk: Industrial Laserdiscs/ Anderic (Reproduction) Service Remote
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Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 4.5: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch Multitracks (An Addendum)
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Enhanced CD's (& other multimedia CD's) (an informal chat)
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Ben's Junk: The OA (semi-)Supercomputer/OA Recording Studio Redux
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Ben's Junk: Sony SLO-325 Industrial Betamax
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Ben's Junk: 1953 & 1956 Hoffman Television Catalogs
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Ben's Junk: Tiger Quiz Wiz
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Ben Minnotte - Switched-On Pavanned (Moog Instrumental)
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Ben Minnotte - The Happy Moog (Gets Stuck In Rush Hour) ("Moog" Instrumental)
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Ben's Junk: First Alert FTR-960R Time-Lapse VCR (+ Time-Lapse Tape)
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Archive Riffs: Moving Up To Amateur Radio
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Archive Thrifting #10: Before We Were SO Rudely Interrupted
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Ben's Junk: Sony U-Matic & Industrial Betamax Wired Remotes
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The Battle At Elderbush Gulch (2020 Redux)
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Archive Thrifting #11: This Can Not Be The Right Price Deal
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Ben's Junk: Pioneer RH-65 8-Track Deck
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Ben's Junk: Denon UD-M30 CD Receiver
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Pavanned (Documentary Style) (Vaporwave?)
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In Your Hands (Violin & "Mellotron" Thing)
192
Ep. 200 Rebuttal & Deleted Scenes
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Nitrogené (Synth Instrumental)
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Ben's Junk: JVC HR-S7600U S-VHS ET VCR (REVISITED)
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Ben's Junk: Buster Keaton Video Collection
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Archive Thrifting #12: (Not-So) Scary Deals
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Ben's Junk: (New) Polaroid 600 Film (& old camera(s))
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Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Audiocassette Collection
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Ben's Junk: (New) Dubreq Stylophone
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Archive Thrifting #13: Deck The Hauls
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Ben's Junk: (some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection Vol. 2
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Ben's Junk: Sega Genesis Mini (Miniature Game Console)
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Home Video Recording, 1972-Style (or, Ben's Complete U-Matic Rig)
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Ben's Junk: Toshiba 20AF43 CRT TV
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Archive Thrifting #14: (Non-)Luck of the (Non-)Irish
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Phonies (Answering Machine Greetings)
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Archive Riffs: A Taxing Set of Commercials (Tax Day Special)
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Ben's Junk: GPX Digital TV Tuner + Recorder
209
A Geeky Evening With Benny-Boy
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Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance Box Pro (Video Capture Device)
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Ben's Junk: JVC HM-DH30000U & Mitsubishi HD-HS2000u D-VHS VCR's
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Episode 200 (Behind The Box) (Commentary)
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Archive Thrifting #15: Out Of This World Deals
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Ben's Junk: Akai GX-220 Reel-To-Reel Audiotape Deck
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History of VHS (COMPLETE SERIES)
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Ben's Casino Travelogue (Deleted Segment From How I Spent My Summer VIII)
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Archive Thrifting #16: La Cage Aux Thrifting
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VCR Cleaning (A Public Service Video)
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Channel Update (9/2021) (Sony AV-3600 Update, Sencore VA62, etc.)
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VCR Rabbit Revisited
221
Ben's Junk: Video Store Regulars (& Memories)
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Ben’s Junk: Wolverine Moviemaker Pro 8mm & Super8 Film Scanner
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Archive Thrifting #17: Spooktacular Savings
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Thereminiature/Pavanned (Version 6.66)
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Ben's Junk: Sony Digital Mavica (Model MVC-FD73) (Floppy Disk Digital Camera from 1999)
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Ben's Junk: Coolmusic Ring Modulator (& other FX) ("Max Headroom" Hijacker Voice)
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Ben's Junk: Christmas TV VHS & DVD's
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Archive Thrifting #18: Shortwave Santa
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Ben’s Music “Career” (The Complete Saga)
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Ben's Junk: Keyfax Update/Pioneer GGF1381 Laserdisc Service Remote/Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 3
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The Wire (via Sony PCM-701ES, Betamax)
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Ben's Junk: VuPoint Digital Video Converter (or, the circa 2010 YouTube video device)
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Ben's Junk: The Clapper
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Laserdisc Laser Rot
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Ben's Junk: Magnus Chord Organ
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Ben's Junk: Blonder-Tongue BTX-111 "Ultraverter" (& ONTV Box Update)
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Ben's Junk: Prog & Metal VHS, Beta & Laserdiscs
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Ben's Junk: Newtek Calibar (A Pen-Sized Test Pattern Generator)
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A BENefit for a new computer…or a loose Ask The Archive
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Ben's Junk: Hotronic AP41 (Frame Synchronizer & Time Base Corrector)
241
The “Can I Remember It?” stream (or, a smaller BENefit)
242
CD Frustrations & Easter Eggs
243
A Tour of the New OA Computer Rig (OA Computer Tour 2022)
244
Ben's Junk: Sony CVM-51UW and Panasonic WV-BM990 CRT Monitors
245
The Eraser Laserdisc Experiment
246
Archive Thrifting #19: Radios, Radios
247
Archive Riffs: Hey, Stop That!
248
Ben's Junk: Midland WR400 NOAA Weather Radio (& other Radio Ramblings)
249
Ben's Junk: Sony SRF-A100 AM/AM Stereo/FM Portable Radio
250
Archive Thrifting #20: Fair(mont) (St.) Clouds over Mankato
251
Ben Repairs: Radio Shack Executive Stress Eliminator
252
Sony Videocorders Update (CV-2100 & AV-3600) (8/2022)
253
Ben's Junk: Tyler Portable TV (model TTV701-7)
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Ben's Junk: Sears Whisper-Matic IV (& Victorian-Era Theater Slides)
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Blackhawk Films Collection (minus the videotapes)
256
Ben's Junk: Sony Trinitron PVM-1343MD (Professional Video Monitor)
257
Archive Thrifting #21: We Already Have Halloween At Home
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Benny M.'s TV Party (Commentary)
259
Halloween Special 2022 Blooper Reel
260
Ben's Junk: Telemeter Pay TV Box (Circa 1960)
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Ben's Junk: Favorite (and/or Notable) Christmas Albums
262
Archive Thrifting #22: Christmas In Elbonia
263
Archive Thrifting #23: Holiday Hangover
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Magna-Guard (or, Copy-Protection, Vol. 3)
265
Ben's Junk: RCA BW003 (1978 Home Video Camera)
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Ben's Junk: Forbidden KLAK (via the Archer Multiple Video Distribution System)
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Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) FM Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (Circa 1988)
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Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's TV-on-DVD Collection
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Ben's Junk: Hitachi Visionbook Pro 7560 Laptop (or, My 1st, failed attempt at a Windows 98 Rig)
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Mad Magazine Stash
271
Noelle's Mystery Tapes (& Channel Update - 4/2023)
272
Ben's Junk: 80's Music Videos (on Laserdisc)
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Ben's Ugly A/V Rack
274
Betacam SP (1st Test...From A Newbie's Perspective)
275
Christmas Morning on a June Evening (or, Mail Day From Tyrone)
276
Archive Thrifting #24: The Delicate Sound of Thrifting
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Ben's Junk: X-10 Videosender (another VCR Rabbit-esque device)
278
Revenge of the Sony AV-3600 Videocorder (1st Test)
279
Archive Thrifting #25: 3M (Moderate Minnesota Madness)
280
Fix It or Forget It? (NEC S-VHS Deck)
281
Ben's Junk: 1966 (partial) Zenith Phonevision Pay TV Box
282
Ben's Junk: SelecTV Pay TV Box
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Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance ViewLite AV (Video Capture Device)
284
Ben's Junk: Sears Du-All Eight (8mm Viewer/Editor)
285
Archive Thrifting #26: Indian Summer
286
Ben's Junk: Sharp VL-E47 "Viewcam" (Video8 Camcorder, circa 1995)
287
Archive Thrifting #28: Scandalous Santa
288
Archive Thrifting #29 (Christmas Leftovers)
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Ben's Junk: Ben's Rifftrax DVD & Blu-Ray Collection
290
Ben's Junk: Denon RCD-N10 CD Receiver
291
Ben's Junk: Magnavox H2160MW9 (or, Exploring Someone's Old Personal DVR)
292
Ben's Junk: Wometco Home Theatre (WHT) Pay TV Decoder Box
293
Ben’s Junk: ClearClick Video2USB/ A Tour of Ben’s Livestream Setup
294
How To Unstretch Video (via HandBrake)
295
Ben's Junk: Laser Video File Laserdisc Catalog (Mid-1992)
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Ben's Junk: Some More of Ben's Audiocassette Collection (Mystery Box!)
297
Magnavox H2160MW9 Personal DVR/DVD Recorder UPDATE (A Failure)
298
Ben's Junk: Videolok (VCR Anti-Theft Device)
299
Ben's Junk: Rhoades Teledapter (TV Stereo Simulator)
300
Windows 98 Laptop Update (4/2024)
301
CD Rot Rant
302
Ben A.'s Mystery Tapes (A Not-So-Livestream)
303
Windows 98 Laptop Update (5/2024) (She Lives!)
304
Ben's Junk: Whole House FM Transmitter 3.0
305
Ben Vs. The Cursed U-Matic Tape
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Archive Thrifting #30: Wet Fireworks
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Ben's Junk: A Tower of Vidicraft
308
Quasar Great Time Machine (Round 2?)
309
Ben's Junk: My First DVD's
310
Ben's Junk: JamC@m Digital Camera
311
Archive Thrifting #31: Summer's End
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More Fun With Moldy U-Matic Tapes
313
Ben's Junk: :CueCat Barcode Scanner
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Ben's Junk: Sencore "Little Huey" Test Pattern Generator
315
Ben's Junk: Casio CMD-10 watch
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Ben's Junk: Laserviews Laserdisc Magazines
317
Archive Thrifting #32: Halloween Hootenanny
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Halloween Special 2023 (Season of the Wince) (Commentary)
319
Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) Astronaut 8 Radio
320
Ben's Junk: Down Beat Magazine (10/23/1975)
321
Ben’s Junk: Thanksgiving Traditions (and not-so-traditions)
322
Ben’s Junk: VHS is Life Mold Cleaning Rig REDUX
323
Archive Thrifting #33: Christmas Clutter
324
Ben’s Junk: Epiphone ED-100NS Acoustic Guitar
325
Ben’s (Failed) Gimmick CD (A Rant)
326
Ben’s Junk: NuReality Vivid 3D (Mock Surround Sound Processor)
327
Ben's Junk: Optoma PK320 Pico Pocket Projector
328
Albums I Love (That I’m Supposed To Hate)
329
Monkeeing Around
330
Ben’s Junk: Sony eMarker (SoundHound before SoundHound)
331
DiscoVision Dead Sides Vol. 5
332
Ben’s Junk: RCA RC5230Z DIVX/DVD Player (More “Deadware”)
333
25 Pounds of Laserdiscs (Mail Day From Paul C.)
334
Ben's Junk: Half A Halloween Movie Collection
335
Ben’s Junk: APF TV Fun (“Sportsarama” Model)
336
Pre-Recorded SuperBeta (and some minor mythbusting)
337
Ben’s Junk: Sears Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway (Atari Video Pinball)
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