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Neil4Speed
10-31-2004, 03:09 PM
Hey Guys,

I am looking to buy New Sealed Blank Cassette Tapes. Maxell, TDK, Sony prefered. Please let me know what you guys have.

Thanks and Regards,

asoka
CBRComet
11-01-2004, 05:55 AM
how many do you need? i might have some buried away in storage.
Neil4Speed
11-01-2004, 11:05 PM
Well I am more of a collector than anything. I wanted the more higher end Type II/V ones... Let me know
Ferio_vti
11-02-2004, 10:50 PM
I have 2 new Sony Normal 60 minute tapes from Japan.
CBRComet
11-03-2004, 02:00 AM
i'll try to find them. i had some tdk maxg somewhere. these are the metal formulation with a metal frame covered with clear flat sides. they were like $20 bux US back in the day! coolest cassette ever made.
DefektiveVibe
11-03-2004, 10:14 AM
i also may have some will look around and PM you
rage2
11-03-2004, 12:11 PM
I bought those $50 Sony Metal Cassettes for my multitracker years ago. If I remember right, I only used 2 or 3 of them out of 10, so I'll dig around too see if I can find 'em.

They're those hardcore ones that weigh like 5lbs, full metal casing.
Neil4Speed
11-03-2004, 07:40 PM
Rage/CBR I am interested. I have a really good Sony ES Cassette deck and I love playing around with em. Cassettes may sound dumb, but sound warmer than CD's if you ask me ;-)
rage2
11-03-2004, 11:48 PM
If you want warmth, go vinyl. The tapes won't help much, too much tape hiss. If you use Dolby B NR, it'll compress the hell out of the audio range. Dolby C NR is better, but still takes away too much of the audio range. CD's destroy even the best tapes in signal range reproduction, but because it's so detailed, you lose some of the warmth that you're talking about. Vinyl is the only medium that can beat CD's, and you need a pretty damn good ($$$$$$) setup to do it.

You ever listen to SACD's? Very close to vinyl's warmth, with the clarity of CD's. Pretty neat stuff.

What are you gonna record from anyways?
Neil4Speed
11-04-2004, 08:42 PM
I was planning of recording from Tape. But the Hiss is barely noticible if you have a good deck and are using Dolby S. Rage you sure do know your stuff when it comes to tapes I am impressed.

Still looking out for tapes, let me know.