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Show us your vintage cassettes!

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Most of these are 35 to 40 years old, a few (a dozen or so) are 45 years old.

Nearly all of them still play as good as the day they were recorded, the exceptions being some cheap brands that I was given.

I think there's about 100 tapes here.

I stopped buying tapes back in 1987 or so.

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dunno if anyone mentioned above : source for newly manufactured Type II cassettes ?

I'm only finding type I cassettes available as fresh . . .
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Eric Natural said:
dunno if anyone mentioned above : source for newly manufactured Type II cassettes ?

I'm only finding type I cassettes available as fresh . . .
:cool:
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That's pretty much true, some IIs are available but seem to be made from old tape.

Best current tape I have found is the RTM FOX cassettes, available as 60s or 90s. They record well, especially with noise reduction. Nice even coatings based on TDK formula.
 
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We had lots of cassettes. Most were discarded in 90s. I have kept these two in my dad's memory as he used to listen to them. We used to listen to all genres from Indian Classical music to Films. To Rock , Pop, Jazz, Fusion and instrumentals.
Regards.
 
bumblebee657 said:
Pencils are a great solution to write on the label. I'm just still looking for a way to fix a tangled tape. :rolleyes:
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I disassemble the cassette shell if required and cut out the bad section and then reassemble.
 
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