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There are plenty of options for phono preamps out there, many of which are, well, not cheap. But ...

Fixing Up a Weird 486

I was given a cranky 486 that was headed out for recycling, and at first glance it seems pretty n...

There's usually an inverse relationship in laptops between power and portability...and the X1 Ext...

Mini Stereo Amp (That Doesn't Suck)

There are plenty of small, stereo audio amplifiers out there -- but is this $20 eBay find a hidde...

IKEA's Eneby is its first Bluetooth speaker and a surprisingly good value. So how did the company...

Shooting 35-Year-Old Photo Film

I found an unopened roll of black and white film with some camera gear I inherited. It's over 35 ...

Recently at work I decommissioned some servers from around 2012 and 2013. But even compared to mo...

Windows 10 is known to be somewhat forgiving on older hardware. But is a Pentium II-based machine...

I really like noise-canceling headphones, but I've also been wanting to cut the cord. Let's take ...

Game Boy Advance Backlit Screen Mod

I was getting nostalgic for GBA games, but hated the reflective screen on my original GBA. What t...

There are plenty of thin-and-light laptops out there, but does Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon have w...

Replacing a 2008 iMac Hard Drive

I found an iMac from 2008 that was headed out for recycling, but the only thing wrong with it was...