SterlingOne
Super Member
Junk? I think I might buy 1 just for grins and giggles for recording from my Sony TC-K950ES.
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Tascam to offer blank type II cobalt cassettes
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Nimbley
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These tapes are good for nothing more than decoration. I bought a few. They won’t auto bias on my deck unless I tape over the type II hole in the shell. Even then sound was just not good. I played with the fine bias tuning for a while with little success. I was able to record about 2/3 of one side before it bound up in the shell and stopped the deck. The tape is binding on the paper, yes paper, fake reels. This caused the speed instability to make recording impossible. Even if playing the tape was possible the dropouts and loss of high frequencies make it un listenable. I tried another with the same results. I’ve kept the next two sealed and figure they might be collectible in a few decades. Lesson learned. Better to put the money into NOS. Sony HF and TDK D tapes are far superior and you can still get about two dozen for the price of one of these unusable tapes.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
A musician friend has. They don't perform very well in a PortaStudio either. He complained of unacceptably high wow/flutter. His machine has been serviced recently by a Technician I know. Who does good work. I handed him some used TDK SA-60 tapes I was given (in well cared for condition, which work well on my Technics RS-M205 cassette deck and bulk erased). He cleaned his heads and tape path, demagnetized the Portastudio. He then tried the tapes I gave him, and reported back that they and the PortaStudio worked fine. The impression I get is the mechanism isn't very good in terms of mechanics. MusicBox shells are normally good, this reel version is not.
I wouldn't complain about any cassette tape. Especially higher grade like type II high bias cassette tape, and brand new production. Manufactured properly and by the original tape consortia supported by professional and home audio brands like tascam especially! Well done Tascam! Or better WOW!
I think they know what there doing. Besides that's why it's 60 minutes only. And with reels is just a first promo release. There also going to release metal and type I again. 70 and 90 and for demo and promo's
Late Boomer
Super Member
You are laying it too thick for native advertising, so I am going to assume that you are simply dazzled and hypnotized by the shiny reels and misinformed about the performance, although "wow" may be the right word to use.
Read my post and refrain from silly assuming!
I don't want for myself, nor use any cassette tapes with 'reels'. Never have, never will. It's not imported for me neither. But that's not relevant. For me it is about good brand new cassette tapes manufactured and backed by real brands available to the real consumer. Its a promo release, conventional cassette housing will follow and other tape types. This is Limited Edition only. Tascam always had once in a while the fancy R2R reel look cassettes. And they were top notch. And never more than max 60 min. But this all means. Yet another brand new cassette tape line available by serious tape and tape deck (Tascam) brands. And you really think Tascam would choosen to, or have allowed manufacturing for them, sold by them selves, and or sold with there brand name on it, cassette tapes; when like you say: "its 'just crap"?
Brand new type II cassette tapes. Us, being any other cassette tape 'consumer' and 'music artists, retail and publishers and cassette deck manufacturers alike; are definitely not complaining.
Having said that; now I do want one of these fancy R2R look Tascam cassette tapes for myself afterall
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WernerO
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You understand that this is NAC tape in a fancy housing?
As such the same tape in a conventional housing has preceded it already, available from NAC and ATR.
Other tape types will follow? Really?
NAC made a brand-new type I tape a few years ago. It was horrible.
Then they launched an improved version aimed at the consumer market. It was abysmal.
Now they have something they call 'type II'. It is excruciatingly bad, and barely meets type II standards anyway.
Shall we make a bet about a forthcoming type IV?
The tape is brand new! And if you have a problem with it don't buy it then. Have you bought it already!? We're happy with new tapes. Period. And bad quality NAK tapes? Look I'm not a NAK man, never was; sold all my vintage NAK decks back to folks I bought them from last year. Bad overpriced unreliable cassette decks, yes the have made. But 'bad' cassette tapes, they never made or sourced / branded as there own. Aside pirated fake Nak tapes of dubious origin and quality which were, and are 'everywhere'.
Original NAK tapes were just rebranded Sony tapes, although in other casings most of the time. Some of these casings were seen as better, others were seen as no improvement. That's all. I hear terrible NAK tapes etc etc. But only in this thread. And these tapes from Tascam are not NAK tapes. Again. NAK never made there own tape pancakes, neither there own audio cassette tapes (indeed). First Philips the cassette tape inventor, and later Sony and TDK did that for them.
If you don't understand the value of brand new type 1 or II tapes coming out and backed by mayor electronic manufacturers; were done talking about this subject. They are not even for sale yet!?
But you and others here obviously don't want them; know it better then Tascam / the industry etc, and or other happy 'tapenuts' that can't wait to get there hands on them. But you all who don't, refrain from buying these tapes then, indeed!
I'm happy with this Tascam and other releasing new Cassette tapes. Especially type II chrome Dioxide course there is only Maxell left selling them still overhere directly to the consumer. If I'm disappointed by them Tascam's, and or other new or old NOS tapes,; I'll let you all know!
End of subject for me! I'm not going to respond on this thread posts or topic anymore. But others may of course
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Cantabury Guy
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I am speechless!
Late Boomer
Super Member
The man knows his brands, the signature proves it.
As long as you are happy with Nak. I'm am thus Ecstatically Happy happy without any Nak. And just for you here. In utter shame and emberesment I removed the junk gear from my AK Signature. Some lesser junk I'm still not to afraid to mention. I really hope I'm not offending anybody
But please don't buy any vintage gear like I got. Course you wouldn't like it anyway! And it stayes more affordable, when nobody other then myself, buys it in the first place
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WernerO
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O that Nac! Nac bad quality? Wow,... really? Bad type I tapes or II or IV, when they still sold them? Its just Sony tape and shells what Nac used / uses. But again; the Tascam tapes are not Nac tapes neither! Its French new production tape / pancakes! Former TDK/ DuPont. It's like the Dutch Fox tapes who uses brand new production Dupont pancakes and hells! Also 'bad' I presume? . The brand new current Maxell cassette tape line everybody buys (type I and II); also horrible? Well it all works, runs and sounds fine on my decks; all being decks from the late 60 and 70's and early 80's decks. And it all sells like cupcakes these here mentioned tapes! Again a new type 2 tape presented and not even for sale as promo or demo or manufactered still, and 'them' critical 'well informed' tapeheads know already it s&cks. Wow! Sry, but my brain just doesn't work like that you see! That's my point!
. The brand new current Maxell cassette tape line everybody buys (type I and II); also horrible? Well it all works, runs and sounds fine on my decks; all being decks from the late 60 and 70's and early 80's decks. And it all sells like cupcakes these here mentioned tapes! Again a new type 2 tape presented and not even for sale as promo or demo or manufactered still, and 'them' critical 'well informed' tapeheads know already it s&cks. Wow! Sry, but my brain just doesn't work like that you see! That's my point!
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8-Tracked is clearly trolling, but it's documented these tapes are made by NAC: https://tascam.com/us/magazines/detail/866
New entries into tape manufacturing would be welcomed if they were releasing a quality product, which they are not. Nobody will ever release a new metal or chrome tape again; the money isn’t there, the production capabilities have been lost and aren’t coming back. Buy NOS if you must record to cassette with metal or chrome tapes.Read my post and refrain from silly assuming!
I don't want for myself, nor use any cassette tapes with 'reels'. Never have, never will. It's not imported for me neither. But that's not relevant. For me it is about good brand new cassette tapes manufactured and backed by real brands available to the real consumer. Its a promo release, conventional cassette housing will follow and other tape types. This is Limited Edition only. Tascam always had once in a while the fancy R2R reel look cassettes. And they were top notch. And never more than max 60 min. But this all means. Yet another brand new cassette tape line available by serious tape and tape deck (Tascam) brands. And you really think Tascam would choosen to, or have allowed manufacturing for them, sold by them selves, and or sold with there brand name on it, cassette tapes; when like you say: "its 'just crap"?
Brand new type II cassette tapes. Us, being any other cassette tape 'consumer' and 'music artists, retail and publishers and cassette deck manufacturers alike; are definitely not complaining.
Having said that; now I do want one of these fancy R2R look Tascam cassette tapes for myself afterall
trs
local favorite
Bummer. They certainly look the part, too bad they can’t back it up :C
Talking Portastudios, I’m a TDK SA 60 man as well, can’t beat ‘em with a stick. Still cheap and plentiful at yard sales and thrifts, though I know they’ll run out sooner than later… I recently stumbled upon a pile of Sony CD-ITs in sizes 60 and 74, look to be from around ‘94 to ‘95, not a bad tape at all. May want to hip your friend to those, never hurts to have good tape stock on hand. Got some 90’s in the pile as well, but those are a Porta-no-no. I forget why, I just remember the manual said “hey, don’t.”
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
Bummer. They certainly look the part, too bad they can’t back it up :C
Talking Portastudios, I’m a TDK SA 60 man as well, can’t beat ‘em with a stick. Still cheap and plentiful at yard sales and thrifts, though I know they’ll run out sooner than later… I recently stumbled upon a pile of Sony CD-ITs in sizes 60 and 74, look to be from around ‘94 to ‘95, not a bad tape at all. May want to hip your friend to those, never hurts to have good tape stock on hand. Got some 90’s in the pile as well, but those are a Porta-no-no. I forget why, I just remember the manual said “hey, don’t.”
TDK SA 60 pre 1988 is hard to beat. Or Maxell XL II.
