Assembling & Testing a Spinbox - The DIY Cardboard Box Record Player

In this video I put together a Spinbox - the self-assembly record player.

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[ricky]

turntable value- $9
plastic cat value- $120

[benjamindminor]

Even though the turntable is rubbish, thank you techmoan for taking the time to make and upload the video

[snazzy]

Wowzers.... they out-Crosley’d Crosley.

[peshozmiata]

This is painful to watch... It's like being scammed in slow motion.

[chrisbloodworth]

You sir, are without a doubt. The most fair, honest, and modest, reviewer I have ever seen. The simple fact that you take a portion of the blame for such a obviously junk record player; proves it to me. I always enjoy your videos and appreciate all the hard work you do.

[paulinaz]

This is one device that's not going to see a "Techmoan Bump" in cost to acquire.

You're a better man than I.

[SyntheticFuture]

1 minute in and I'm already wondering how this can be a 100 bucks... Kickstarter truly is a marvelous place.

[mcearl]

This is hilarious. The nicest bit about those cheap portables are the nice wooden box. This is the same internals in a cardboard box. It’s seriously like someone was looking at a 25 dollar Polaroid turntable and said, how can we make this worse?
I could kind of at least understand it if it was super cheap.

[chriswray]

oh dear what pile of s*** , i feel sorry for anyone who purchased it

[scottplumer]

The black plastic cat makes it all worth it.

[karl]

This reminds me of a note on the back of the Tubular Bells sleeve - Something along the lines of 'This record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are equipped with. Anyone in possession of such equipment should hand it in at the local police station' :-D

[thirstypilgrim]

This whole product perfectly encapsulates the Millennial Generation. They like to think they are doing something nerdy, but it's really just like lego jr. building, and they don't care about the quality of sound or what it does to their records, the "I'm trendy!" points are earned on aesthetics alone.

[noisytim]

landfill straight out of the box. How convenient. Now people can skip the boring "using it" stage of having a product, and throw it out immediately. Genious!

[frmcf]

So if it's not fun, it's not educational, and it doesn't sound good... oh, and it isn't cheap... why does it exist? Looks like total shite.

[CozmikDW]

Those plastic Crosley turntables are great for recreational customs. Saw a fellow on reddit put one in his dead NES and it plays just as it should. It’s great for aesthetics less so for quality

[cjsebes]

For $25, I went to a GoodWill store and picked up a decent stereo turntable/dual cassette deck/amplifier and two speakers. The unit even has an aux input. And I didn't have to assemble it myself. I can appreciate the novelty of the SpinBox, but not for $109. Thank you for throwing yourself on this grenade, Mat.

[SWSIK]

Just saw this video. For what it's worth, despite any frustration or disapointment there was here, seeing you find that little plastic cat made it all worth it.

[Jimbaloidatron]

Judging by the weedy output, I suspect that they've deliberately filtered the low end to stop the bass feeding back into the lightweight construction.

[myfunnyval]

Videos like these are strangely addictive!

[TheBarnacleBlimp]

Great video on the bullshot that is available to crowd fund. My heart sank when you opened the box. Someone somewhere has made a pretty penny on that tat. How you kept your irritation and frustration out of the video is outstanding. Thanks for posting.