Building a brand new ZX Spectrum with nearly 100% new parts, reconstructed box, manuals & tape

I grew up with the Spectrum but never actually unboxed one, this is an attempt to build not only a Spectrum from completely new parts, either still manufactured, modern replacements or modern recreations such as the vULA but also the box, manuals, tape and everything else you would have come home with in 1984.

Video with no background music can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seLGfdvs6ZU

Detailed build guide and BOM can be found here: https://www.lostretrotapes.com/building-a-new-zx-spectrum-from-all-new-parts-mostly-part-1/

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Menu:
00:00 Intro
01:39 PCB
02:19 The Resistors
05:47 The Capacitors
06:32 Diodes
07:05 Transistors
07:29 Crystals
08:01 Mic and Ear Ports
08:26 Sockets
09:55 Chips
11:03 Speaker
11:10 Video
12:13 Jumpers
12:59 Initial Tests
14:06 Case
15:59 Post Build Tests
17:57 Manuals
20:22 Horizons Tape
26:25 The Box
27:47 Final Thoughts