Is there a good place to sell a smallish collection, or somewhere to donate if not? My buddy wants to get rid of his, and I have no idea where to go with them. I would rather not just have them get thrown out. Thanks in advance

I bought this tape years ago and probably listen annually.

They used to show 9 to 5 on TV about every year as I was growing up. I loved the movie and the music. I still think it's a hilarious film.

I was trying to repair an 8-Track and ran into this situation. Is there any way to re-spool this correctly?

EDIT: Fixed!

I took the spool out to clean the cartridge to hopefully fix some speed issues. I think some of the tape may have double backed on itself. I kind of passed the spool through itself a few times and eventually it worked? Moral of the story. Be very careful and avoid this in the first place.

Recorded on a 1979 Soundesign and played back on a 60s York. Threw an EQ on it with bass and treble boost / cut between 2-5k.

Very surprised by the bright sound. It's not as warm as my 71 JVC but higher fidelity for sure. So far the closest I've gotten to lossless on home 8 track.

Purchased from GoodWill for $12 with the power plug cut off. I removed the transport but it appears recently serviced. I replaced the plug, popped in John Denver and was pleasantly surprised how nice it sounds. Didn't even need to adjust tracking.

the sound only happens when the player is in the upright orientation.

So I got another NOS cart, and in the cover there is this warranty slip. Do you think there is a claim for someone drilling a hole in the label in the 70’s? 🙃 🤣

Anyway, this is a running and driving cart now after replacing the pad and spli

This group sure brings back memories. Most of my retail purchases never made it out of the car. They were subject to all sorts of conditions. Locked in the car on a hot summer day and overnight in freezing winter temps. Zero failures. 8 tracks were the perfect medium for autos. Fun times.

The first photo shows my existing collection within the cabinet and some stacked around the player. The rest of the photos show the tapes my wife picked up at one yard sale during the US127 Yard Sale a couple of weeks ago. She scored a HUGE lot that essentially doubled my collection. So far only 5 broken splices and about 10 garbage quality tapes. Incredibly, there is only 3 tapes that I already own.

Favorites so far are the Young Frankenstein Soundtrack, Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo, and Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits! Which is your favorite in my haul?

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This original first-pressing copy features the famous and highly controversial "flames cover" depicting the band standing in fiery blazes. Immediately following the fatal plane crash, MCA Records pulled the album from production out of respect for the victims and replaced the sleeve with a plain black background photo.

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Hi all - new to vintage audio equipment and decided to get my hands on an 8-track player recently.

I also bought the speakers shown here and am wondering what wires I need to connect them.

Additionally I’d welcome any other beginners advice on what gear I’ll need / other things I should know to get my setup up and running.

Thank you in advance!

Hello guys! I thank you for every help I got from you! Here you can see my finished Pioneer!

A video will also follow ;)

I think it turned out pretty good. I tried to adjust the tone knob to favor treble a little bit more without overdoing it but I knew it was going to be a very bassy result nonetheless. These things love their bass

It's interesting how crisp the treble/vocal is, it's just a tad buried

Recorded in my home on a 1972 Panasonic with direct line in and out to a Windows PC. It has controls to adjust the levels so I tried to make it not clip but I may have recorded a little hot.

Cartridge was blank and unused and did not record over anything FWIW. Original felt pad inside is fine.

Player has never been serviced. I picked it up earlier this year and got really lucky about how little I have had to mess with it

Now I just need to find the pre-Steve Perry albums.