I sold all my 8 tracks last year. I had such a nice collection a guy came from another state to buy them as well as all my players and recorders. The problem is they all dry up and get brittle; so you have to keep splicing them and thats very time consuming. I had a guy who would do it for 50c a piece but he disapeared. Thats when I said this is too much work. But don't let anyone tell you they sounded bad; they sounded pretty darned good; better than the early CD's.