Would you ever buy an 8-track player for your home audio system?
Every once in awhile, I come across one in the thrift stores. I remember when my granddad bought a pickup truck with an 8-track player. That was luxury. Of course, my granddad only owned two 8-track tapes and both were recorded by Jim Nabors. Well golly! Needless to say, I've never been in love with the format.
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| Panasonic 8-track Player |
Vintage Panasonic 8-Track Player
I recently encountered this Panasonic 8-track player at a North Georgia thrift store. It looked like it was in good shape. I like the chrome face anyway. I left it to wait for just the right person with the just the right Jim Nabors 8-track tapes to come buy it.
Of course, listening to 8-track tapes isn't quite as simple as just buying an 8-track player and popping in a tape. At this point, 8-track players and 8-track tapes are both very old. According to the 8-track enthusiast site 8trackavenue.com, the budding 8-track enthusiast will need to pro-actively restore their 8-track cassettes before using them. Even brand new tapes contain a sensing foil strip that can deteriorate badly and render the tapes unusable. In addition, tapes may need to be re-tensioned. Fortunately, 8 track avenue has some videos that provide step-by-step instructions for opening up an old 8-track cassette and restoring it.
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| 8 Track technology sells cheap at Goodwill |
By acting pro-actively, to restore your 8-track tapes and make sure that your tape deck is in good working order, you could find yourself with an interesting conversation piece to add to your home audio system.
If you are looking for an owners manual for the Panasonic RS-856 8-Track Player, you can actually get a printed manual at StereoManuals.com for about $9. Here is the Panasonic Model RS-856 8-Track player in action on Youtube:
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