Cassettes still rock!

Never really gave Maxell tapes a fair shot.
Once I tried TDK SA I stuck with them.

I always preferred Maxell to TDK, although I have a bunch of TDK.

Being a dealer, I think I sold almost every brand of tape, at one time or another.

My Favorites:

3M BlackWatch
Denon 
Fuji
Maxell 
Nakamichi
TDK
That's

Least Favorites:

BASF (awful)
DAK (double awful)
Memorex
Radio Shack/Realistic
Recoton
Scotch


The Nakamichi tape was just hand picked TDK, (from the middle of the pancake reel.  Supposed to be more uniform).  It was fine, but IMHO, no better than the TDK equivalent. 

I agree that cassettes can sound wonderful. I have a collection of 35  cassettes, recorded on a Nak 600 deck (which was stolen by our movers! They knew what to steal!). Currently, I have a (two heads) Marantz Deck, with an all-electronic control (touch switches), headphone output, Dolby B/C, and a very quiet, smooth transport. I got very excited about  cassettes in my youth, when my father bought me a Sony Walkman during a trip to Switzerland. I am talking some 30 years ago, yet Sony already employed SMD (Surface Mounted Devices - read Chips) and the overall build quality was superb. I remember listening to the (equally superb) headphones during entire nights! BTW, anybody here can tell me what a new, blank TDK SA90 BLACK Limited Edition cassette can fetch?  

BTW, anybody here can tell me what a new, blank TDK SA90 BLACK Limited Edition cassette can fetch?  

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=TDK+SA90+BLACK+Limited+Edition+cassette&_sacat=14962

Thanks MoFi.
Looks like I need broaden my horizons on tape type.


Just dug through my blank tape stash.
After putting all the SA tapes to one side left with a few odd ones.

Fuji dr1 x 3
Maxell xl2 x 4
Sony ux x 2.

Don't really know if any of them are decent?

Sorry Mapman but I would have to vigorously disagree on everything bar the VHS HiFi machines, they did make a great recording.

And no I'm not looking at this through rose tinted spectacles.
My zx7 is set up in same main rig as my 401 and Aurender so i can easily switch quick between all formats.

I hate to quote GK but you should hear what I hear.