Does anyone have this? Readers might remember me asking about 8 track issues of albums and raving about 8 track quality so I was interested this has been released. Any views on it / reviews?
It took me four years to stumble on your post, sorry I'm late!
8 track used 1/4 inch tape and split this into 8 tracks on the tape (4 programs).
In theory this means that the quality is probably on a par with cassette tape (1/8 inch tape split into 4 tracks).
Although eight track had a higher ips ratio, it had other issues, usually associated with head alignment.
Then then was quad8, a whole other story.
This guy explains things rather well:
What have you read about 8 track quality? Surely having magnetic tape moving over a head causes hiss regardless of different types? Even DAT had its flaws?
mooghead wrote:
What have you read about 8 track quality? Surely having magnetic tape moving over a head causes hiss regardless of different types? Even DAT had its flaws?
Every album you listen to from the 70's was originally recorded on magnetic tape!