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NEVER BUY CHEAP CASSETTES - - YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

I purchased some '80s K-mart and Tonemaster cassettes off of ebay. I wasn't really expecting these to sound great, but good lord, these sound horrendous. The sound is muffled yet tinny, and the left and right channels cut in and out. 

I don't really feel stupid, because I had to eventually try these out to see why they were so cheap. Glad I did.

I won't mess with cheap ones ever again. A few minutes ago I bought a NOS unopened Fuji DR-1, because I already bought one, and the sound was excellent.


leemurray2007
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best-groove
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when I sold my Nakamichi super top deck 15 years ago I gave away more than two hundred TDK MA-Rs that I had used for my recordings.
They were metal bodied cassettes that cost a lot ... no regrets then and no regrets today for giving them away.
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audioman58
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Cassettes ? Going back in time ,time to buy $40 
 ripping program that does everything DB Power amp.
perkri
907 posts
 
Why on earth, after putting all the effort into getting a system together, then taking the time to record materials, would you go for cheap tapes?

jimijam
53 posts
 
MAXELL XLII  I still listen to them 30 years later also FUJI and TDK 
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tim_p
361 posts
 
Another vote for TDK SA90, in the 80's you could buy a box for 10$, and now the price for a single blank tape is just plain stupid imo.
roadwhorerecords
277 posts
 
I worked at a place that at one time was the largest distributor of magnetic recording media in the world. I got a hefty discount on my purchases, so I used to buy several cases of TDK MA-XG and SA-XG in all lengths every week. I still have a fair stockpile. At the time, the Metal 90min retailed at around $20 ea. I think I gave around $7 for them. Has anyone seen what people are getting for them now? Ridiculous!
edcyn
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Yeah, generic brand cassettes...and the pre-recorded cassettes you used to buy at retail outlets...could be almost embarrassingly bad. Unwind for me! Stuhretchhhh!
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jjss49
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its sooo LOUD in here...  ugh...
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fuzztone
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FANTASTIC NEWS THIS IS GOING TO SAVE ZILLIONS
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best-groove
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@leemurray2007

Is it essential to put a screaming title? Don't you even know a little about the rules of "netiquette"?
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noromance
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Back in the early 80s I bought a bunch of cheap Memorex tapes. Well they failed and wasted all the effort making playlist tapes. Switched to the venerable TDK SA90 and still have them.
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