Eight-Track Cassettes

I like  vinyl for the experience, and cd's for ease of use.

Well ripping cd to mp3 and listening to those.

I like all of them. Vinyl is probably my fave though, I like the different variations you can get like the different colours, sleeves and covers.

Then again you can get some really cool CDs as well. I own a massive collection of CDs and I like how easy they are, just play and then you're good for the next 40-60 mins.

I'm listening to a vinyl at the moment... Fleetwood Mac.

I never stopped using tape ( I listen to audiobooks a lot)

Vinyl is an all together different experience.

Massive disc huge  cover art  and  when you put a  disc on you re committed to at least  30 to 45 min of continuous music with no skipping, or fats forwarding.

I need to be in the mood for that.

But color vinyl is cool.

Techmoan to the rescue  ?

https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan

This is a very nice  simple eight track player, its compact and all in one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYb_Sggf1zA&t=1829s&pp=ygUTeWVjaG1vYW4gZWlnaHR0cmFjaw%3D%3D

Sadly Eight tracks were never that big in  Europe, Techmoans  players are almost always imported from Japan or the USA

The RQ 8 is between 80 and 180 pounds on ebay, and even then its still only available from the usa or Japan.

I'd like to have one but with out  8 track tapes of my own thats just a no go for me.

I don't have one but I do have a cassette player as well as vinyl and CD players. I collect all Taylor Swift memorabilia and when she started releasing casters cassette and vinyl I bit the bullet and bought both players.

It's a different sound and a different experience but I do enjoy both.

The only player, on offer on eBay, was a Japanese recorder; for parts only. 

No, I know off them And like laserdiscs I think they are cool.

But  never had the opportunity to get in to either.

Shame.