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Your favorite cassette brand and series,i.e. SA?

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Posted on October 12, 2009 at 14:05:22

Augustin

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No surprise..TDK MA-R

perry.nak

12:44:44 10/29/09

RE: Your favorite cassette brand and series,i.e. SA?

kingseiko

18:48:26 10/15/09

RE: Your favorite cassette brand and series,i.e. SA?

Jcard

09:58:01 10/13/09

No surprise..TDK MA-R, posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:44:44
perry.nak Audiophile Posts: 2 Joined: October 29, 2009	Not that I can ever bring myself to use the new ones I own, at the current sealed price of $50 tp 60 USD each... Of the ones I actually use...Maxell MX-S or TDK MA-X...maybe the TDKs by a hair. All 1990 or older, tho. I have 2002ish MX-S and they don't hold a candle to the pre 1990 versions..

RE: Your favorite cassette brand and series,i.e. SA?, posted on October 15, 2009 at 18:48:26
kingseiko Audiophile Posts: 345 Location: South Texas Joined: July 20, 2004	My favorite cassette brand is the Nakamichi Reference Tapes and the series is the ZX which should also be the same as the early version of TDK MA. Mike

RE: Your favorite cassette brand and series,i.e. SA?, posted on October 13, 2009 at 09:58:01

Jcard
Audiophile

Posts: 78
Joined: October 24, 2008

In terms of cassette tapes, I used to appreciate the quiet, low-friction quality transport wheels and housings that the old school BASF cassettes employed... I "perceived" better sound quality, higher re-recording durability and less hiss... allowing me to, without guilt, continue my avoidance of the Dolby NR button. Of course those were the days of four screws holding together a more rugged and heat resistant clamshell... and with heavy use, occasionally there were times a careful spool repair or splice was needed.

So, using the old PP&M lyric... "Where have all the BASF tapes gone???"

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