Blank audio cassettes ARE still made, even in the United States

I bought some new old stock cassettes a few years ago from a few different sellers but didn't have any luck with them. If I had to guess they weren't stored properly. They didn't record well, poor sound quality. I'm not speaking of what you're offering, just what I purchased previously.

Mine were safely stored in a drawer below the av unit, so I suspect it’s more a question of potential bleed thru for mine.

I only sell things I can feel confident buyers will be quite happy about. I always offer unconditional refunds on anything I sell.

1 r2r tape box was destroyed (so bad it seemed purposely) by PO (tape lived). One early one I sold, the heavy tape inside moved and broke a corner of the box, I learned to put peanuts in the corners to prevent that. 2 refunds out of around 150 tapes sold, many LPs sold, some equipment sold.

I got tired of only making 3 or 4 dollars for the fairly common LP’s on ebay. Then inherited 4,000, sorted, gave many to friends, including 4 new friends from audiogon. Then sold a few thousand to 4 dealers who came here.

I might get back to selling stuff after the holidays.

Sorry Elliot, I misunderstood you. I thought you were selling BLANK tapes. Now I realize you're speaking of pre-recorded tapes. Woops.

https://www.atrtape.com/

ATR Magnetics makes and sells cassettes here in the US. They are selling off their Ampex ATR service division- there is an announcement about that on their home page- don't be put off by it.

Thanks for the input atmasphere.

I just yesterday received a nice vintage Harman Kardon TD 4800 cassette deck.

I've wanted one for years and finally scored it. This deck sounds SWEET, even with a 40 year old prerecorded tape.

I've been researching the best types of blank tapes to buy. Of course there's many opinions and most differ. One thing I have learned is that a cobalt tape is of very high quality. I'll definitely try out the ATR offerings.