8 Track Boombox Portable Enough To

Making it portable enough to lug around, and durable enough to use outside are all fine features.

Who wouldnt want a portable 8 track tape player that doesnt play anything else It assembles into this boombox-ish shape making it easy to transport, but its not exactly an 8 track party on the road.

That probably means that the Cartable 8 is probably going to call garage or patio home.

Youre not going to hoist this onto one shoulder, and groove to some hissy analog tunes out at the skate park.

You can play tapes while its in looks like a sewing machine mode (speakers fire out the sides), but you can also detach the speakers for more stereo.

Three knobs control stereo balance, track selection (via a trick button that you punch to pick), and also for cranking the volume.

The Cartable 8 does get remarkably loud, though its hard to judge the fidelity of the system.

Is it the original carts I have that sound lousy, or the player Also unfortunate is the decision to not include a radio, or an audio input (though theres a hidden audio output - youre gonna hook this up to a real stereo).

So in my case that means that Im stuck listening to 8 tracks of Neil Diamond, 25 Polka Hits (Hits When), and a dirty joke cassette marked XXX.

I cant find any record of the Cartable 8 model 5000 online anywhere.

Im guessing that its from the 70s - not only because of its dingy hospital plastic livery, but the 70s are when 8 tracks really thrived.

I only wish that there were a built-in radio for when everyone gets sick of those same half dozen explosive hits 8 tracks you brought to the picnic.