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Do You Still Play Your 8 Tracks?

2nd May 2014, 4:20 AM		#1 REPORT
	bobzyeruncle Member since Jan 2013 28 Points	I do. (They still sound better than MP3s. )

2nd May 2014, 7:31 PM		#2 REPORT
	Charlie Chalk Self praise is no recommendation. Member since Oct 2011 45406 Points Moderator	I never owned an 8 track player or any tapes.

2nd May 2014, 9:47 PM		#3 REPORT
	Auto_Da_Fe He does what he knows best, which is not very much Member since Dec 2012 1726 Points	Not since I split up with the girlfriend whose car had an 8 track player in it.. And that was getting on for 30 years ago - the car is probably long junked!

2nd May 2014, 10:31 PM		#4 REPORT
	mojofilter ● Member since Jul 2012 1435 Points	I never owned any 8-tracks or a player when they were all the rage. But I did buy a bunch of tapes in thrift stores once they'd been sitting around in peoples' closets long enough for them to want to get rid of them. Got a bunch of Beatles, and some other goodies, for cheap, like 25 cents each - before the people who run the shops gave any thought to making a profit from their free castoffs. At one of these stores, in the early '90s, I found an early '70s 8-track record/playback deck that was unused; the cord was still wound like it was new in the box. When I finally had an occasion to use it, I discovered that it needed a new drive belt, but after getting one of those, it worked. Since then, I haven't played anything on it. I'll be lucky if the tapes still work, and haven't turned to goo.

4th May 2014, 10:56 AM		#5 REPORT
	zabadak ● Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4176 Points	charlie chalk wrote: I never owned an 8 track player or any tapes. Me too - the only one I have ever seen "in the wild" was about 35 years ago. A friend of mine's dad had a Volvo with an 8-track in it, something like this...

4th May 2014, 4:56 PM		#6 REPORT
	TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points	Unlike cassettes, cartridges deteriorate with time and if you stick an old one into a player, there is a fair chance it will tangle or snap (which has happened to me). There are online tutorials on how to recondition them. Usually, replace the spongy pressure pad, and sometimes I think open the shell and lubricate the mechanism. Anyway, worth reading up before you go ahead with a treasured cartridge.

25th Jun 2014, 12:04 AM		#7 REPORT
	YankeeDisc SUBS When in doubt.......accelerate........ Member since Dec 2010 734 Points	...I used to love my 8-tracks, but I must admit I may have become obsessive, as with a burgeoning record collection, I could not buy the 8-track retail tapes I wanted, so I went out and bought an Akai 8-Track Recorder Model CR-80D, to add to my Hi-Fi set up, and record my own tapes. I would buy blank tapes various lengths, from a shop up along Tottenham Court Road, central London, I think the tapes were made by Hitachi (...maximum 80 mins long I think 4 X 20minutes stereo), then record favourite tracks and play them in my Daimler saloon, which was fitted with an aftermarket Radiomobile 8-track stereo, with four speakers, at great expense. The Radiomobile 8-track unit was actually license made by the Italian market leader Voxson, and they were fitted as standard or optional equipment in Rolls Royce, Jensen and Reliant Scimitar GTE motor cars......no cheap crap for me, I had to have the best. Akai 8-Track Recorder Model CR-80D Radiomobile 8-track stereo car unit (no radio) I had the bottom unit shown, but I had also previously owned a Radiomobile MW/LW Radio as shown at top, 8 watts output, very powerful for a car (...it got stolen from an earlier car...). Radiomobile 8-track stereo car unit The fun we used to have bombing around in my old Daimler Conquest Century, Midnight Blue with full Dark Blue leather upholstery......and listening to Jimi Hendrix Experience "Electric Ladyland" on a home made 8-track tape......("All Along The Watchtower"......trippy, with the phased guitar solo).......fun times. Daimler Conquest Century, 2.5 litre Automatic Mine was dark blue, almost identical to this... I got rid of the Daimler, bought a Mini, (like you do) and the re-fitted Radiomobile 8-track stereo car unit was stolen one night......story of my life. I eventually moved onto cassettes, sold my Akai CR80D deck to my brother, with about 50 various 8-track tapes I gave him for free......he had the lot stolen from his flat some time later. Edited by YankeeDisc on 25th Jun 2014, 12:17 AM*

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