8-track player

A device that plays 8-track tapes, the chunky cartridge format that dominated car stereos and home audio from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s.

The player reads a continuous loop of magnetic tape divided into eight parallel tracks. 8-track players became obsolete as cassette tapes offered better sound quality and the ability to rewind: My dad still has an 8-track player in his garage.