An earlier magnetic tape cartridge technology introduced by Lear Jet in 1964 as Stereo 8, although widely known by its 8-track moniker. Stereo 8 was an 8-track version of the 4-track Muntz ...

The very first automotive compact disc player — the Pioneer CDX-1 — launched in 1984, but it wasn't until a few years later that you could purchase a new car with a factory-equipped unit.

From eight-track tapes to the iconic iPod, these once-popular music formats shaped how we listened to music—until they ...

If you want dig into the workings of an 8-track player, check out Jenny List’s retro teardown from 2017. Does anyone still use 8-track tapes any more?

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when magnetic tape ... the player to answer questions by pushing one of the four “program” buttons to switch tracks. If the correct track is ...