Giveaway #8 - Thank You for 700 Subs on YouTube! Sharp MD-DS33 in Blue!

Thank you all for subscribing (if you haven't already, please consider it!) to my YouTube where I try my best to repair some of these great old devices.

I've been out of the loop for awhile so THANK YOU all for following me on Instagram and YouTube, even when I couldn't get any new videos up!

To celebrate 700 subscribers, I'm hosting MiniDisc giveaway #8 - a Sharp MD-DS33 (2005) MDLP Player that's a 1-bit/Auvi device. Yes, that means it works best with balanced headphones, but 3.5mm balanced TRRS cables aren't common. They will sound fine with normal headphones, but you be the judge. Perhaps they'll make you spring for some balanced cables for your IEMs! If you have any questions about that, feel free to ask!

As you know, I love these Sharp Auvi/1-bit devices and the MD-DS33 is a fun, later-model one that comes with a slim "capsule" remote and a DoublePow gumstick battery. You will need a charger, so I highly recommend getting one of these!

For this EIGHTH giveaway (completely free to enter!), use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter between September 25th and October 1, midnight US Pacific time.

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To enter, just use your email (I don't use Facebook so I don't know where those entries will go...) and I'll use Rafflecopter to pick a winner after midnight, June 14th, 2024!

I'll reach out to the winner via their email that they used to enter and ship them the device/set! Winners are responsible for any customs or duties!

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For all MiniDisc lovers, let's have fun with this so I can continue to have more giveaways!

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Thank you all! Long live MiniDiscs!

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Giveaway #9 - 800+ Subscribers on YouTube - Sony MZ-E810SP + MiniDiscs directly from Japan!

Thank you all for subscribing (if you haven't already, please consider it!) to my YouTube where I try my best to repair some of these great old devices. 800 subs ago I never thought this would get this far! Thank you again for your support and I hope I can continue to help the great MiniDisc global community in some form. To celebrate 800 subscribers, I'm doing something a little bit different this time! I'm going to give away this sweet Sony MZ-E810SP - a nice MD unit with a folding speaker dock, and I'm going to direct-ship some MiniDiscs that I won in Japan straight to you! So the winner will get two packages, one Sony MZ-E810SP, and one set of MiniDiscs from Japan! For this NINTH giveaway (completely free to enter!), use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter between October 26th and November 3, midnight US Pacific time. a Rafflecopter giveaway Please see official rules, here! Privacy policy is included here also - I don't need/wa...

Recertifying your CCIE for less than $600 (or less than $800)! Updated 2023

This is a 2023 update to my previous post about using Cisco Continuing Education (CE) credits to recertify your CCIE. Let's cut to the chase: You need/want to recertify your CCIE without taking an exam and you need to do it as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. Thanks to Cisco's Continuing Education program, you've had the option earn CE credits for years, but sorting through courses to find the best use of your time and money wasn't the easiest. Since it's time for me to recertify, I've had to dig into it a bit more and I hope this updated information helps you, too! Can I expense this? Probably! If you're working at a company that requires/benefits from your certifications and ongoing training, you should be able to expense your training courses! Step 1 - Determine your status Go to https://ce.cisco.com and login with your credentials to view your Dashboard of current certifications and training items you have taken in the past. Mine looks like th...

YouTube MiniDisc Repair - Sony MZ-RH1 Finally Replacement OLEDs for Dead OEM Ones

The Sony MZ-RH1 (2006) is one of the most coveted Sony portables out there and was their last portable recorder. It had it all: NetMD, Hi-MD support, a built-in mini-USB port, and amazing dual OLED displays. It still looks great, but it can be hard to use with dead displays on the body. Well, this amazing MD community never ceases to amaze me. First it was Web MiniDisc Pro, and now Sir68k on the MiniDisc Wiki Discord has researched and made replacement OLEDs for the Sony MZ-RH1. I was lucky enough (thanks MDcon.live!) to get my hands on two sets of them to test the process and replace the dead OLEDs in my MZ-RH1 and in another community member's MZ-RH1. I won't give you a full play-by-play here since there is the video to watch and the steps/procedure could change a bit depending on how future revisions go. I want to say this first: I know it's exciting news, but Sir68k (like many of us!) have a day job and this hobby is something that gets worked on during spare time. Ple...

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