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Lead Review · From: VTech
Turntable Converts Skeptic Into Midnight Maestro
Pete dismisses the DJ Mixer as a noise crime until he discovers the turntable and voice recorder, ultimately broadcasting amplified meows as a dinner demand.

Ah, another plastic noisemaker from the VTech corporation, a brand I associate with the kind of electronic racket that shatters the sublime silence of a sunbeam nap. My human seems to think this "Kidi Star DJ Mixer" is for a small, clumsy human, but they are mistaken. This is clearly a sophisticated command console. While the pre-programmed "music" is an in…

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