Any love for Memorex HBS II cassettes?

[dunhill]

Any love for Memorex HBS II cassettes? (photos)

I found 10 of these today for 59 cents each. All are still sealed - factory fresh. Were these worth picking up?

 

[Jonny Ramone]

At that price , sure. Not a great formulation, at least the earlier versions. Try one.

 

[Zygmo]

Won't hurt to try. But in my experience, and IMHO, nothing by Memorex is good.

 

[Alex Hayes]

I found a few of these too and figured I'd take a chance on them just because they're type II. I haven't tried any yet so i can't speak about their quality. I'll have to break one out soon.

 

[AnalogDigit]

Memorex is okay, nothing really spectacular. Good for only voice recording or recording stuff over the radio.

 

[danj]

I've tried it and found it no better than average. The biggest problem was a large number of dropouts at the ends of the tape which reflects a lack of manufacturing QC. Fidelity is rather blah for a type II but adequate. It is worth the money.

 

[Zygmo]

I've tried it and found it no better than average. The biggest problem was a large number of dropouts at the ends of the tape which reflects a lack of manufacturing QC. Fidelity is rather blah for a type II but adequate. It is worth the money.

This is true about all their tapes, including Video. I don't buy their CDs/DVDs anymore, either.

 

[dunhill]

OK. I decided to open one of these and try it out. I recorded Al Stewart's Time Passages (from a recently acquired EMI UK CDP 7977652 CD) on my TEAC V-909RX using dbx noise reduction and I have to say that I am impressed with the results. Sounds very dynamic to me and I honestly can't tell that I am listening to a tape! I haven't noticed any problems such as dropouts, etc. So far, I can give these :thmbsp::thmbsp:!