Look at what I found at Goodwill.......

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I have been looking for one and finally found one at Goodwill. perfect fit for my arcade game room in the basement! I suggest everyone should get one of these, especially if you want the true retro feel! By the way, it cost me $7.99.......Works great after I cleaned the heads, but the balance slider is a little touchy.....

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You'll want to go ahead and do a band and roller replacement. Nice find, but might as well do some important work before a great 8 track you like gets eaten cause the rubbers have gone to hell. I speak from experience! hah
 
I just bought a Panasonic quadrafonic 8-track receiver last night on craigslist with 4 boxes of tapes. That is awesome you purchased that. Nothing like an old 8-track switching channels right in the middle of your favorite song. I thing AC/DC's song "shook me all night long" is one of them that does that.
 
I have been looking for one and finally found one at Goodwill. perfect fit for my arcade game room in the basement! I suggest everyone should get one of these, especially if you want the true retro feel! By the way, it cost me $7.99.......Works great after I cleaned the heads, but the balance slider is a little touchy.....

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I saw the heading and thought, "Aw damn, what game popped up at Goodwill for next to nothing?" Cool nonetheless.
 
Cant pass the price. I have a few hundred 8-tracks. I hit Goodwill from time to time, but there isnt crap at ours.

Flea markets and yard sales I do good. I love older stereos/recievers. Soundesign wasnt anything special, but better than average to most households. I still have a top end Soundesign in my house garage. I prefer 70`s Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood, JVC etc...Best thing I ever bought at Goodwill, as far as this type of thing goes, is an old Technics turntable and a killer set of RS/realalistic/radio shack speakers from 70`s...

But yes, I thought this thread was gonna have a picture of an old home gaming system or a cool T shirt etc...
 
Actually I have a few hundred albums as wellhttp://forums.arcade-museum.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
 
Cant pass the price. I have a few hundred 8-tracks. I hit Goodwill from time to time, but there isnt crap at ours.

Flea markets and yard sales I do good. I love older stereos/recievers. Soundesign wasnt anything special, but better than average to most households. I still have a top end Soundesign in my house garage. I prefer 70`s Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood, JVC etc...Best thing I ever bought at Goodwill, as far as this type of thing goes, is an old Technics turntable and a killer set of RS/realalistic/radio shack speakers from 70`s...

But yes, I thought this thread was gonna have a picture of an old home gaming system or a cool T shirt etc...
Optimus MACH series? I sold those back in the day, and still have a set in the game room to pound the walls.
Would put them up against any other speaker twice the cost back in those days.
Of course you also had to have a system with power to push them. Maybe that's why they always had an unfair bad rap.
Rambling.....
 
Good deal but I think 8 tracks are a technology we should let pass and die with dignity.
Soundesign was a big name back then, I had several stereos by them.
 
C-H-rist, a Soundesign? That's the company which made stereos with storage compartments, covered with stickers to make it look like the stereo had extra components. ;) Most of their stuff ended up in landfills so, though they've got practically no value besides kitch, I bet that unit is pretty rare.

They live on in the iHome brand of products...sort of.

This is the one Soundesign thing that's worth something to some people:

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It could be found at KMart.
 
I had one similar to that one BITD. I think it was the next step up because you could record 8Tracks on it. Yes, they sold blank 8Tracks to record on. It would automatically reduce the volume just before switching and bring the volume up back up once it switched tracks. Sold it in a garage sale for $5. Who knew I could get $7.99 for it if I had just held onto it for another 25 years.....:)

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Wow, A Soundesign DiscoTech! I remember seeing them at K-Mart in late 70's. They had colored lights and all. I was pretty young, but do remember them.


Oh, and I do have a few blank, and recorded, 8-tracks. One of the last 8-tracks I think I bought is AC/DC For Those About To Rock '81. I probably have some newer, not sure. They did make them till mid to late 80's. But I was collecting cassettes by then. I then got a house cd player in '86-87. but still bought more casettes at time than cd's for sure.
 
My 1966 mustang came with an 8 track player. It is extremely rare and worth well over a thousand dollars. 8 tracks were so bad that they are awesome, if that makes sense.
 
That's cool. Actually cooler than mine from Goodwill - I recently rebuilt from components a classic retro 1980's stereo. The most expensive component was the amp. Everything else, including the real wood and glass door cabinet was $5 or less each and it's now sitting in my office/arcade. But it's more like "The Wedding Singer" 1980's. It has a phono, and a CD player to play records on.:D
 
When buying older recievers/amps/eq's etc, I look at the manufacture brand first. Also, I go for pre 82. Because all the top ones of the 70`s analog, were made in USA. They also have power and look cool. And the sound is awesome if you have correct speakers. I have newer digital stuff too, with plenty power and remote and memory and so on. But the old stuff is what I like.

And the old stuff holds its value really well, if you know what to look for. One of the best ways to tell quality is also by picking it up and feel the weight. They were heavy and solid. Most 80`s stuff was crap. Unless you spent the 700 plus for a nice system then. There is nothing wrong with digital at all. There are some very nice stuff. My digital reciever and so on are good solid quality pieces.

Stores dont even sell real stereos anymore. They are plastic one piece compact crap. They do serve their purpose and the prices are cheap. But You would be surprised what you can find at a flea market or yard sale. Just try it out prior if possible. My systems are built piece by piece. But I am more passionate about it. And 85% of my stuff was bought used here and there...
 
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Check out these speakers I picked up for FREE a month or so back! JBL L100. Great timing because I just inhereted my girlfriend's father's record collection...tons of 60s, 70s, and 80s' records. My uncle who's a furniture building and architect is going to help me partially sand down and freshen up the veneer with linseed oil...can't wait :)

btw, they sound phenomenal! definitely the nicest pair of speakers I've ever owned.
 

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I used to have a complete '70's Sansui set-up. Power Amp, Tuner, Reverb Amp, Huge Speakers. All Sansui. Thing had great sound. I sold it all on ebay, mostly to Korean audiophiles. The dude that bought my Power Amp sent me pictures of it powering a ROOMFUL of old equipment. Dude said it was one of the best amps of the era. Solid State baby.
 
Optimus MACH series? I sold those back in the day, and still have a set in the game room to pound the walls.
Would put them up against any other speaker twice the cost back in those days.
Of course you also had to have a system with power to push them. Maybe that's why they always had an unfair bad rap.
Rambling.....

I have a set of those in my gameroom. Growing up, my parents HATED them, as I had the bedroom above the living room, and all they could hear while trying to watch TV was the bass of whatever I was listening to.:)
 
Solid-state is right. I have the next-to-the-top-of-the-line receiver, a Pioneer SX-1280. It shakes the house real nice with a set of Cerwin Vega!'s to boot!
 

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