2007-01-17 09:49:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
8-tracks were an abomination, and really don't deserve to be in the line up. I don't know who came up with that contraption, but it never gained acceptance outside of car audio systems.
The corrolation would be 78 RPM Mono records to 33 RPM Stereo records to CD's to DVD's.
Yes I know, DVD means Digital Video Disk, but it is the next thing that is being used for sound recordings, and should wipe out the CD format fairly quickly due to much better sampling rates.
Cassettes sort of bridged the space between the 33 RPM LP and the CD. They never had anywhere near the market share the 33 LP did, but were quite useful due to the ability to be played in multiple settings (Sticking a 10 inch piece of vinal in a car audio system was never an option).
-Dio
2007-01-17 09:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to install 4 tracks and they were a big seller before anyone heard of eight track-part time in a truck stop in the middle of nowhere the super-cab monsters (18 wheelers)use to roll in to the station and want a 4 track installed so they could hear country western1957-60
2007-01-18 01:29:01 · answer #2 · answered by bev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because cassettes and 8-tracks were introduced simultaneously in the 1960s
2007-01-17 23:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by jim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋