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THIS IS A COLLECTIBLE 8-TRACK COMPONENT HOME AUDIO TAPE DECK MADE BY
LEAR JET- MODEL HSA-901

THIS WAS THE "FIRST" HOME AUDIO COMPONENT PLAYER EVER MADE FOR THE
8-TRACK FORMAT IN THE MID-1960's- USING THE ORIGINAL PATENTS

ALL OTHERS THAT FOLLOWED UNTIL THE MID-1980'S WERE COPIES OF THE LEAR
JET DESIGN AND MADE UNDER LICENSE- THIS IS THE "REAL MCCOY"- THE FIRST
HOME 8-TRACK DECK MODEL EVER MADE- UP TO THIS POINT 8-TRACKS WERE A CAR
AUDIO FORMAT ONLY

Probably because the ****ty sound of 8 track decks was unneeded in the
home.

THIS UNIT IS BUILT LIKE A TANK WITH LARGE 120 VOLT AC DRIVE MOTOR-
SIMPLE OPERATION WITH 1 POWER LIGHT AND PROGRAM SELECTOR- NO FRILLS SO
NOTHING CAN GO WRONG ! LATER RECORDERS OFTEN HAD SO MANY ADD-ONS THAT
WOULD QUICKLY MALFUNCTION- THIS ONE IS ALL BUSINESS !

DECK HAS BEEN FULLY SERVICED AS FOLLOWS- NEW DRIVE BELT- TAPE HEAD
HEIGHT AND AZIMUTH ADJUSTED- CAPSTAN RESURFACED- TAPE HEAD/CHANNEL
SWITCH/CAPSTAN CLEANED- SPRAYED INTERNALLY WITH CRC QD CLEANER ($12 A
CAN)- WIPED DOWN OUTSIDE WITH MILD FURNITURE CLEANER

HAS BUILT IN RCA JACK CORDS SO NO NEED FOR SEPARATE JACKS- STURDY METAL
CASE- EASY TO DISASSEMBLE AND SERVICE-

SPECIAL FEATURE- ON BOTTOM IS FLAT BLADE SCREWDRIVER ADJUSTMENT FOR
TAPE HEAD ADJUSTMENT- EASILY ADJUST TAPE HEAD EXTERNALLY TO ANY TAPE !
NO NEED TO DISASSEMBLE TO ADJUST

SOUND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT !

OCCASIONALLY YOU WILL SEE EARLY 8-TRACK ARTICLE ADS ON EBAY- OF THIS
DECK ! IF YOU ARE AN 8-TRACK COLLECTOR AND WANT THE "FIRST EDITION",
THIS IS IT

The one that never worked right, this is it. Yup.

Besides which, it isn't the first 8 track you could have in your
house. They made earlier ones that were good for both 4-tracks and
8-tracks. This was the first 8-track-only one sold for consumer use.
There were pro decks for use by the industry for production, QA and
other purposes and far better built than this one.