This is one of the most professional units we've encountered. Although packaged with "Magic Tape Dew" (a proprietary cleaning fluid), Magic Cartridge is no mere cleaning cartridge. Along with separate head and capstan cleaners (this is a double-ended cartridge!) it also contains a piece of tape to conduct a series of audio tests on your machine: You can test for proper channel separation, channel selection, head alignment, and speaker phasing. As any experienced tracker knows, an issue that arises repeatedly with old 8-Track machines is head alignment: Often, poor alignment results in "bleeding" on some or all of the channels. Although some consider this one of the many pleasant advantages of 8-tracks, others, with more rigid standards, find it quite unacceptable. This problem can be extremely difficult to isolate and remedy; but with Magic Cartridge the task is a cinch -- accurate every time and you can always check your work.
"Highly recommended... everybody should have one of these boss kits. It's like getting a professional test bench for the price of a Pizza Supper!" Bob Schaeffer