I have blank cassette tapes from many manufacturers, including Tdk, Maxell, BASF, Realistic, Sony, memorex....bought mostly on ebay. I tend to like both the maxell’s and tdk’s the best. My Aiwa f770 has the ability to read any tape formulation and adjust the proper parameters to suit each tape automatically. It was before its time and still going strong.
what is the best cassette tape maker in your experience?
what is the best cassette tape maker in your experience?
if you saw my last thread, i said my personal favorites were TDK and Fuji, but what are the best in your experience?
and also, do you think a cheap type 1 cassette tape sounds that much worse than a more expensive type 1?
by cheap i don't necessarily mean quality, just the inexpensive kind you would find in a K-mart or 7-11 back in the day.
some of these names might ring a bell - Tonemaster, Top Crest, Onn, Zenith, Scotch, 3M
if you saw my last thread, i said my personal favorites were TDK and Fuji, but what are the best in your experience?
and also, do you think a cheap type 1 cassette tape sounds that much worse than a more expensive type 1?
by cheap i don't necessarily mean quality, just the inexpensive kind you would find in a K-mart or 7-11 back in the day.
some of these names might ring a bell - Tonemaster, Top Crest, Onn, Zenith, Scotch, 3M
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I haven't had any problems with them. Maybe you should try one before you comment on something you aren't familiar with? I am quite familiar with cassette tapes and remember very well anti resonance ceramic body made by SONY and others like TDK or Maxell - they always made excellent tapes, you will not find cheap plastic body on any of their top models. The cassette body is important too, not just a tape, here is more from TDK. Since 1979 you can find cast-metal frame used for reference TDK cassettes. You example is very bad, because the cassette body is cheap clear plastic even if the tape is Maxell, their price is almost $3 for this. But anyone who's looking for tapes can find and buy genuine Maxell (II) for $5 (new old stock). This year I bought nearly 50 top quality cassette tapes, from working horses like Maxell UDII or XLII (XLIIS) to some high-end like open reel cassettes with metal frame from Teac (with maxell tape) and TDK MA-XG. It's very easy to find NOS tapes today, some of them are still inexpensive. |
I believe ATR is back in the cassette tape business, as are perhaps one or two others. I used to purchase Maxell UD or XL tapes and some TDK. I used them back when I had a rock band, and would record our demos and some rehearsals on those with a Harmon-Kardon cassette deck. I still have both the tapes and the deck. |
TDK and Maxell were equal in my NAK 482. If I wanted the best recording I used the TDK MA-R. I still have a few of them they are a metal body cassette. The MA-R really performed well using my dbx 224 with my NAK. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649013717-unobtanium_tkd_mar_60_audio_cassette_for_collectors_of... |
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