Greetings aficionados of this fine technology. Do any of the historians in the group know of a website or article that lists tapes where the kerchunk was in the middle of a song due to length issues? Absent that, if any of you could list your favorite instances of this, I'd appreciate it.

Actually got two carts done today. Just finished tracking this one. Not really my kind of music these days, but reminded me of junior high. 😁 Any Air Supply fans out there? New splice and pad, plays fine in my player.

I have this Panasonic RQ-832DS player that looks and sounds great but has a few minor issues. First, it doesn't automatically change channels, only manually. Second, the channel showed is not the channel being played, meaning when channel 1 is playing channel 2 is showing on the unit. Any ideas on how to fix these issues?

Rebuilt and run through this morning. Walks a line between country and Americana. Some fun songs, especially “Della And The Dealer,” “Torpedo,” and the title track, “Rusty Old Halo.”

Back in the very early 1970s I cobbled together my own 8-track recorder by marrying a reel-to-reel deck with an 8-track player. I did this to transfer vinyl LPs to 8-track for listening in the car. I still have the tapes and for this one, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks “Striking It Rich,” I drew my own label using an image on the original LP jacket for inspiration. It’s in felt tip marker and held up OK considering.

Had this deck for a while and dug it out of a moving box, but noticed that it needed to be recalibrated badly.

I’ve managed to adjust the crosstalk and azimuth to where it’s supposed to be, and everything plays great! Tracks change, all that good stuff.

Now here’s the issue: I set the REC switch in when inserting the tape (and I usually put it in PAUSE before I start recording). I can confirm that I’m getting the audio from my amp into the deck and I can adjust recording levels, no problem.

Recorded some music on one track, boom, done. Now when I play back the recording, it sounds VERY weak and distorted, like it wasn’t actually picking up the signal completely when it was recording.

Any ideas on where to start trouble shooting this?

I finally found some rock and a bunch of brand new sealed tapes!! Today was a good day for me!

The Belt is listed as 12.1 FBM. After measuring the belt for my 3307 is a 10.5 FBM. Just installed today and it fit perfectly. Just a heads up if anyone is using a Craig 3307 Deck.

Note- Herb Alpert’s greatest hits is not “ BAD” . It’s sounds great on 8 track.

I got this in a group of 8-Track tapes for a buck each. Does anyone have any guesses about it other the obvious? The label looks better than a home recording to me. Sound is pretty good, not great though.

The others are actual retail or music club cartridges. (Springsteen (Born to Run and The Wild, Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle). The Who - Live At Leeds. Santana - Abraxas. Roberta Flack - First Take. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life. Janis Joplin - Pearl.

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$20 can, in fact, buy happiness

Grabbed this Panasonic RS806US last night off FB marketplace. $30 ! I had to open it up and pull some eaten tape out of the capstan base to eliminate a squeaking noise . Since reassembling, certain tapes (only some) were playing too slow (dragging/belt slipping, the motor is at the correct speed). After cleaning the tape path thoroughly and letting a tape that played well play for over an hour , the problematic tapes are now playing at the correct speed without drag. My assumption is that the belt while functional is likely worn and could use replacement. Any thoughts?