Re: stereo gear in the 1970s: golden age for audiophiles?

On 11/12/2021 10:18, Retrograde wrote:
> On 2021-11-11, Michael Trew<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> On 11/11/2021 8:58, JAB wrote:
>>> He suggested Cassette Tape players were good, but purists
>>> never went this route; commerically, for sales, they were hot items.
>>
>> My (second to) most recent vehicle acquisition is a 1968 Ford Galaxie.
>> It has an aftermarket Radio Shack AM/FM with 8-track installed... I
>> took an hour and a half drive to then from my father's house the other
>> weekend, and dug out a bag of 8-tracks from the cellar to listen to...
>> heh.  Some didn't age well, Led Zeppelin sounded terrible and kept
>> cutting out.  John Denver came in loud and clear.
>>
>> https://postimg.cc/YjCrqT6P
>
> The storage in the cellar might have been the problem.
>
> Or maybe John Denver had seen fewer uses back in the day.

Likely a combination.

> There's lots of nostalgia for old LPs and to a lesser degree, high-end
> cassette equipment. You never see much nostalgia for 8-tracks though. In
> the car I guess they were OK, but not at home.

Bulky and poor audio quality, not surprising.  I found it highly amusing 
that the car still had a player installed, so I figured I'd try to get 
some use out of the tapes, which will likely eventually end up a 
dumpster some day anyway.  Might make someone chuckle if I sell the car 
and throw them in as a package deal.