A Couple of Lovely Summer Evenings with The Beatles

How to make a power strip for 110v using EU to US and US to EU adapters, as well as a regular power strip for 220v

If you have an 8-track player that is struggling with a bit of "uneven play" on several cassettes that usually play fine in other players, the problem could be a TOO polished "capstan". This can happen after many years of use where pinch rollers and tapes have polished the capstan so smooth that it no longer...

All old 8-track tapes need a bit of restoration before they’re playable again. In this post, we walk you through the entire process with a detailed step-by-step guide and instructional video: cleaning, pressure pad replacement, sensing foil splice removal and replacement, and final reassembly.

This is a thorough walkthrough of how to repair the plastic bracket that holds the sound head on 8-track players with the infamous plastic construction. In this example, we are working with a Realistic TR-169 player, but the procedure is largely the same on all players with a similar mechanism. This process can also be used as a preventative…

This summer I've had my hands full with old 8-track cassettes, giving them new life through cleaning, repair and nostalgia. Among the treasures now playing again you'll find ABBA, The Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick. Join us back to a time when music was analog and every cassette told a story.