8 Track players - worth owning? - Page 6 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Martin Bush · 29th Dec 2020, 1:06 am

There are some good ones and that site is particularly good. What I did today was get a bit confident and apply my good technique for one cart to a slightly different design. The outcome wasn't catastrophic but I could have done better by taking a bit more time. At least I realised I'd also opened the cart upside down in time to avoid dropping the tape all over the floor!

ben · 29th Dec 2020, 7:17 pm

Martin, Have attached some information on BSR's 8 track units made in about 1971. Looks like they made quadro versions!

DMcMahon · 29th Dec 2020, 8:52 pm

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Originally Posted by Martin Bush

You have the same model as me and I think mine is ace.

See that now from your Post # 90.

DMcMahon · 29th Dec 2020, 8:55 pm

Now have some 8 track tapes on their way to try with the Wien, so may well be ending up with lots of tape on the floor if I have to open up any of the tape cartridges

David

DMcMahon · 1st Jan 2021, 11:54 pm

My Wien has arrived, no tapes yet so I looked inside and as half expected the drive belt has disintegrated into a very gooey mess, which I will cover soon in a new Thread.

David

DMcMahon · 5th Jan 2021, 10:39 am

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler

Akai also built 8 track machines into some open reel recorders like the X-1800SD. I think there was even one with open reel, cassette and 8-track in one box.

David

Yes there were several Akai reel to reel models that also had an 8 track player/recorder including the 1800, 1800L, X-1800SD, X1800D-SS (quad) & X-1810D.

It was the X-2000S / X-2000SD that additionally included cassette.

David

DMcMahon · 10th Jan 2021, 9:35 pm

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Originally Posted by Ted Kendall

The regular dropout-clunk-burp-dropout-resume routine every twelve minutes gets on your nerves after a while, too.

After doing some extensive soak testing today on my Wien, am starting to understand the above.

29th Dec 2020, 1:06 am	#101
Martin Bush Octode Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 1,910	Re: 8 Track players - worth owning? There are some good ones and that site is particularly good. What I did today was get a bit confident and apply my good technique for one cart to a slightly different design. The outcome wasn't catastrophic but I could have done better by taking a bit more time. At least I realised I'd also opened the cart upside down in time to avoid dropping the tape all over the floor! __________________ Is it live, or is it... no, it's live actually...

29th Dec 2020, 7:17 pm	#102
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: 8 Track players - worth owning? Martin, Have attached some information on BSR's 8 track units made in about 1971. Looks like they made quadro versions! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Ben.

29th Dec 2020, 8:55 pm	#104
DMcMahon Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 6,600	Re: 8 Track players - worth owning? Now have some 8 track tapes on their way to try with the Wien, so may well be ending up with lots of tape on the floor if I have to open up any of the tape cartridges David

1st Jan 2021, 11:54 pm	#105
DMcMahon Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 6,600	Re: 8 Track players - worth owning? My Wien has arrived, no tapes yet so I looked inside and as half expected the drive belt has disintegrated into a very gooey mess, which I will cover soon in a new Thread. David