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Originally Posted by Apache
8 Track tapes actually had better sound quality than the original cassette tapes. When Cassettes were first available the sound quality was not very good. It was a smaller width tape. Later the quality improved with the introduction of compact cassettes and 8 track disappeared. Cassettes are made with polyester base tape, have just over a 1/8th inch tape width, and a slow playback speed of 1 7/8 ips, thus contributing to a limited dynamic range and frequency response.
Apache
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True, but I couldn't get used to the loud "chunk-chunk" of an 8 Track changing from one track to the next, sometimes in the middle of the song.
Add in the fact that I was driving noisy, cheap, old used cars back then (my personal record was a used 12 year old Chevy Nova that I found in a barn and paid $25 for), I only used cassettes.