If I had to keep just one, it would be either a CR81D or CR83D. Everything passed inspection and worked well from the get go. Well made, full featured, looks great and needed nothing. I came across a model 288 two years ago and it is a nice deck. I've never encountered a Wollensak but I'm in Western Canada and maybe they were not sold here.īut neither was Quadraflex a house brand of US only Pacific Stereo. Can't recall which but it either can't be set to stop after a single program or all programs. Marantz (at least the TDR-820) is missing an important, in my opinion, feature which is Play Mode. Only experienced one Pioneer (HR-100) which failed and did not seem to record as well as the CR-81D I compared it to. "Bad Akai Transistors" but once done, no complaints re sound quality or features. Belts, lamps, meters, head were all good. I know the CR-83D is regarded less well but wound up with one last fall. I fancy making mixed tapes which pretty much needs one. A tape without compromised fidelity sounds as good to me as an LP. It is rugged as stink and sounds as good as the tapes will allow. I've had the 8 track bug for a few years and learned early on that Akai CR-81D's were desireable. One in this condition seems to be rare so I really not sure where to price it. I have also decided to put it up for sale on eBay and bartertown. The response on this thing is pretty amazing for an 8-track. I am getting some cross feed from another track, so I think the head needs a bit of adjustment which I'll tackle tomorrow. By far the best sounding 8-track I have ever listened to. Update : After a few hours listening I'm pretty impressed. The physical downside tends to be majority of 8-track tapes need the splice repaired. No 8-track is near to the quality level of my reel-to-reel's but this one is good enough to hold a space in my rack for a while. Think I'll hold on to some of my collection for a while. But this is the best sounding 8-track I have heard. In fact I had gathered a collection of 8-tracks and had been selling them off. I don't have a quad receiver or tape to test the quad functionality but it works properly in 2 channel mode. An Akai CR-80D-SS off local Craigslist for a fair price.
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