What Cassette Type Is The Best?

Dude I loved the Chrome and Metal tapes when making my mix tapes and reggae dubs. They were the best if you wanted crisper sounds. One thing I always learned is try not to touch tape strip with your fingers cause your prints can muffle the sound and you have to record it over again.

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Very less recording devices support type IIII recording, and causing the sound will become very "thin sound" on the type IIII metal tape. So type II is the first choice.

Commercially recorded tapes really vary from cheap to very good.. Some are very good type II recorded in Dolby B but with Normal EQ of 120 microseconds instead of 70 microseconds to be played on any tape deck or player. The darker tapes are the better ones. I've been using mostly TDK SA C90 type II for years. You seem to have to buy used or new old stock now. They seem to be making only new type I normal tapes now, but the major brands like TDK are making the new superferrics type I tapes that are very good with "high output" advertised now. The TDK D series and Maxwell type I are really nice now. They're not the cheap type I tapes anymore like Radio Shack or made in Mexico tapes (some were know as type zero. they sucked).

Type 4 tape is not always the best. It depends on the sound you are recording and the tapedeck you are using. Type 4 tape can be complicated to erase. For me good type 2 is the way to go. But for real “tape” sound go for good type 1 tape and a good vintage tape deck. Like Sony ES, Aiwa, Pioneer, Technics etc..

The best sounding and recording tapedeck for me is the Sony TC K950ES but is very expensive and rare.
Nakamichi Dragon is also very nice and pleasant to use, but it needs a lot of service to operate it’s a complicated machine, but in my ears the Sony TC-K950ES sounds better (I like direct drive and the sound of the laseramorphous head) and needs less service.

$80 to $90? Wow. I remember when these were THE medium used for nearly all consumer audio. They were always cheap and you could buy them anywhere. Sigh…I miss the 80’s. LOL!

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rtm fox is a good new tape btw

Cassettes mean A lot to me......A lot.
A lot of my own History is connected to it. But I still stay on Vinyl....mostly because of the Coverartwork and the whole Ritual playing LPs.

Could you recommend a website to purchase Type 2 and TYpe 4?
All i can find is Ebay. 😂

I'm 54.....I watched this and Just Had to Laugh as this Young Person is Trying to Explain What he's Learned About about Cassettes....Tisk Tisk Tisk....Normal Bias, Chrome Bias, & Metal.... Any Medium to High End Cassette Deck with Manual/Automatic Bias/Azimuth Calibration Features would make Excellent Recordings So Long As Peak Levels were Keep Just Slightly Above Zero (Red on Led Meter aka Distortion)....Almost No Rack System Sold In Dept Stores Of the 70s & 80s had Any Components worth 2 Nickles in Quality or Features....As For Blank Tapes ...Maxell, TDK, Sony, BASF, Fuji, Denon were probably most Popular and Widely Available in USA with Chrome Bias most Popular Choice.

I have a cassette player, I recently made a mix on my cassette deck and the cassette plays slow on my cassette player but on some store bought albums it plays normal ?

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excellent work

If you would use less "uhm", the Video would be half the time. 😋

I took a shot every time you said "uum" and now I'm at the hospital getting surgery.

Jokes aside, informative video. Thanks

you throw out type 3 cassettes ,,so u don know shit..because they where the best..

TDK tapes degrade faster!

whats wrong with type 3 ?