#8 track

[coolthingsguyslike]

#audiophile #hi-fi #reel to reel #cassette #vinyl #stereo #8 track #retro #tech

[paranormeow7]

Fell in freakin love at a thrift store. I’m so fucking pissed she was over 100$. (A good price but… I’m broke as shit) She plays records, cassettes, 8 track, the works. I wonder if anybody can identify this machine.

#actual sugar post #electronics #machinery #music #record player #music players #cassette player #8 track #vintage #vintage electronics #vintage music players #vintage machines #machines #vintage machinery #thrift store #thrifting #old tech #objectum #bc I’m a freak

[clark-sons]

#pink floyd #8 track #quadraphonic #wish you were here

[pretty-little-fools]

#columbia house records #8 track #70's #vintage #music #8 track cartridge

[crownedstoat]

Mid Century portable 8 track, stereo

#1970's #mid century modern #portable stereo #8 track

[dweeeeeb]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #LedZeppelin, #RockAndRoll ... from the album #LedZepplinIV [Official 8 Track Collection] (1971)

#youtube #MMitM1 #Led Zeppelin #Rock And Roll #Led Zeppelin IV #Official #Audio Track #8Track #8 Track #Collection #1971

[cravinganescape]

💥 Dynamite 8 Track Tape Player by Panasonic (1974) 💥 | Portable 8 track player with AM radio. Just push the "plunger" at the top to change the song!

#techcore #cybercore #1970s #webcore #panasonic #technology #old tech #vintage tech #tnt #old web #retro tech #70s #70s aesthetic #vaporwave #audiophile #retro #retro aesthetic #tech #electronics #tech history #digicore #retro computing #8 track #curators on tumblr #music players

[bowieography]

ALADDIN SANE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Aladdin Sane was originally released on 19th April 1973

#David Bowie #aladdin sane #8 track #cartridge

[oldshowbiz]

Waterbeds and 8-Track Players

#1970s #waterbed #8 track

[flight-to-mars]

#BUY #LPs #long playing #music #stereo #8 track #cassette #you stud

[jedivoodoochile]

#van halen #8 track

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Akai #4000DS #reel to reel #tape deck #8 track #cartridge #Pioneer #speakers #vintage #audio #hi-fi #retro

[contac]

This thing is such a blast to record with. I'm automatically 10x more productive and inspired using it than I am using a DAW.

#tascam 488 #tascam #portastudio #tascam portastudio 488 #home recording #cassette tape #8 track #multitrack #cassette

[oldguydoesstuff]

My first encounter with 8 track tape was in the early 70s at a neighbor's house who had slightly more money than us, and they had a "Quad-8", which was a brief phase of quadrophonic home music.

Driving four independent channels meant tapes had half the run time of stereo, and it also required a special mix to be created, so it never really caught on. Most units had two heads, for four channels of stereo sound instead. I am pretty sure we literally had the one shown above in our living room at one point.

The cool trick of 8 track was it was an endless circular tape, so no rewinding necessary. Or possible, for that matter. You could only fast-forward until the loop point, when the unit would automatically switch to the next channel, then you could manually trigger the head to move back to the channel you just left.

It was a popular car accessory because 8 tracks were very rugged. Fond memories of cruising in our 76 Chevy K5 Blazer with 8 track and CB Radio, listening to Neil Diamond belt out "Kentucky Woman".

Unfortunately, when you split an album meant for a 2-sided record across four channels instead, you get really awkward breaks (looking at you, Tubi) where the system changed channels in the middle of a song, usually with a little fade-out, followed by a mechanical clunk, and fade in:

KENTUCKY WOMAN! IF SHE GET TO Know you. .

CHUNK

.. she gOING TO OWN YOU! KENTUCKY WOMAN!

(Tbh we knew 8 track sucked, even back in the day)

#8 track #neil diamond #70s music #oldguyisold

[clark-sons]

foreign 8 track variations of The Dark Side.

#pink floyd #8 track #dark side of the moon

[emeraldexplorer2]

1970

#vintage ads #vintage advertisement #vintage advertising #stereo #fm radio #am/fm radio #8 track #electrophonic