That's it. I make mix tapes with my kids. They won't treasure a playlist or collection of mp3s...

While I dont have so many pre recorded and these remixed. I personally have few tapes which I shall share, have you heard reader's digest? There is a project in 1980s, Million Movie Dollar Music , Seems respective used vinyl (I do not know if it is played from actual respective open-reel tapes as there might be big pcm processor during the time)

Same here, never used Dolby! why would you?

Love me some frying bacon! Good ol' days!

That is excellent information, thank you very much. Do you know the letter codes for Maxell and Sony, as well?

showoff! j/k

What about TDK SA-XS & SA-XG

SA-XS = Super Avilyn - Triple cobalt coated. SA-XG - SA-X double cobalt coated Super Avilyn tape in a metall alloy shell.

@@CassetteComeback And for the remedials, what is Avilyn? Have something to do with King Arthur?

Same dude, went from an old half working boombox and now I have a Nakamichi BX-2, while not the best deck out there it’s night and day. Like I hate to say it but I almost prefer it over vinyl

That's the beauty of proper cassette decks, that is with calibration tools for bias and rec level. If calibrated properly, they can bring out the best even in humble Type 1 tapes. It's amazing how close they can sound to the source, I even find sometimes when I do hear a difference I actually prefer the cassette.

Yeah, people see a "lowly" Type 1 costs more than a "High" Type 2, and they won't buy, hence their rarity and price now.

I think most would argue that the AR-X and later model XLI-S are rarer and just as valuable as an MA-XG or Vertex of the same era

Type 1s sound more like a cassette than any other type. My mum could make a great recording on a Type 4. Getting a great recording on a Type 1 is much more satisfying...

That's it. It's about more than just the audio...

TDK SD tapes from 1972/73 suffered a similar fate to the TDK D series of the same era - shedding and quality loss. But they were nice looking opaque/cream shell designs.

Someone on eBay in Russia has figured out how and is selling custom reel cassettes.

@@CassetteComeback Awesome ill dig out my old technic rs-bx 727

Indeed. Check out my Maxell UD video for an example.

I use my AKAI c703d with type 1s and they sound amazing even with just normal Dolby B

Ferric is known for its bass, also HX Pro helps with this...even though Nak never implemented it.

Oh yeah, I'd take most any other Cassette over the final Fuji DRII or Cd-ing...

Variation in type II tapes might be the greatest of them all (though type I is not far behind). In particular, the _actual_ chrome ones appear to be real outliers when it comes to level handling. This chap has done a lot of measurements: www.ant-audio.co.uk/Tape_Recording/Measurements/HD3_v_Level/album/index.html These old BASF CrO2s are crossing -50 dB H3 at ~40 mV (-12 dB) and -40 dB at ~100 mV (-4 dB). That's easily 8-10 dB lower than a good ferric tape. Even assuming that reduced noise levels can actually (more than) make up for this substantial difference, that still means you better have a deck featuring a head amplifier with lower-than-usual noise. These have a reputation for requiring custom bias and all - can't say I'm surprised.

But a good typeII is better than just about anything

@@CassetteComeback Maxell are the kings at type II

Cassette Comeback curious, what do you not like about the Fuji dr-II? I know drcassette also doesn’t like them but I want to know what people really hate about them. I’ve never really had too many issues with them, the bass response is alright if a bit embellished and the treble maybe isn’t all the way there, but I haven’t noticed anything super bad about them. Thanks.

Me too. I never bought expensive Type 1 back in the day, when I could get a Type 2 for similar prices. The super ferric are almost all FE/CO, like Type 2, the use of 120 microseconds makes them hissier than the Type 2 equivalent. The best though, like FRI-Super and SKC AX though don't seem cobalt doped however.

Yeah, I say "US" as that's what it looks like on wrappers. Not everyone knows it stands for microseconds

Kinda sad the FeCr and Elcaset didn't take off

Muse on Film good news for you maxell still make the UR tapes where you can buy a 10 pack for $34.95 Australian.

No flies on you 😁 The only "super" I remember buying was the 1985 UDI as they were gorgeous and the odd AD when they were discounted to D level. Otherwise, Type 2 is better yeah?

@@CassetteComeback Sometimes a type II can be - did like XLII in the mid 80's through mid 90's - but I found with the types of music I was recording classical concerts a AR had all I needed being tonally balanced and a nice wide dynamic range to boot.

I love Type 1. They're the most "cassette sounding" cassettes 😀

That's it. The biggest downfall of the Ferric was branding them as "Normal"...I will admit, in the day I bought Ferric as you could get many for a low price and my (parents) low end gear didn't make a "High" bias sound much better, but when I was making a special cassette the perception of using a "high" cassette made it sound better. It's only time, knowledge and better decks that has allowed to me realise that a good Type 1 can slug it out with Type 2 & Type 4. This video was made to help people new to the hobby, who are being put off by those who simply say "I never use Type 1, they go in the trash". Advice from these "high rollers" isn't helping the hobby.

@@CassetteComeback I was a poor college student in the early 80's, and I had a cheap 3-Piece Panasonic stereo that could only use Normal bias tapes, so I used a lot of them. And I agree names are everything. I remember looking at the cassettes at a record store in the 80's, and a woman who was looking at them too asked me if Metal tapes were for recording Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music!

@@wildbilltexas Slayer sounds better on an MA :-) Using an MA in my boombox in the 80s was the worst £5 I ever spent. I expected it to sound like God piping the music into my ears...

@@CassetteComeback I remember buying a big box of mostly TDK high bias tapes at a garage sale cheap. Whoever owned them recorded on a cheap stereo or boombox and they were distorted and shrill as hell! I gave them all the bulk eraser treatment.

I've always left Dolby off for playback, it sounds shit muffled turned on

That's it. Type 1 are the most "cassette" sounding cassettes...if that makes any sense.

@@CassetteComeback I agree to be honest and I think if you like the sound of a cassette they are the way to go. I have some Chrome tapes but i'm personally not really sold on them to be honest or the extra cost. You can get some very clear source like recordings but is that the point of tapes? All tapes will degrade and drop outs will occur whatever type you are using, I have some TDK SA that sound worse than Maxell URs because they have seen a lot of use and started to railroad. So I just stick with what sounds good to me! Wilko for 5 pack of Maxell URs for £4!

It's like hiss. These artefacts reminds me it's a Cassette. If I want it hiss free, I'll listen to digital. I'm just not on a journey to make a perfect recording on an imperfect format. It's about the variety, fun and joy when you make a recording that above all else just sounds good, even if it's not 100% accurate.

Fuji are indeed very underrated.

Right....... Got about a dozen of these at the thrift and the sound awesome!

Type 1s are "true" cassettes. No cassette sounds more like a "cassette" than a Type 1 😊

A good Type 1 in a good deck is as good as Cassettes get in my book.

I think the high speed will also have played a part there.

Cassette Comeback True, that. I was going to say as well, a lot of my old master tapes from those days way back when.....are type 1 tapes, some sound better than others, and despite having been stored in perhaps not ideal conditions, the best ones have held up quite well/still sound decent. The other factor for me is, now in the last couple of years, I’ve gotten back into recording demos and bought a much better portastudio than I would’ve typically had back years ago, so I now have features like 2 band eq and dbx, which both help with noise reduction somewhat (not to mention a little more experience with recording in general). I got back into the cassette multitracking thing on a whim, about a year or 2 ago, I saw a nice 4 track on sale locally and, remembering the old days, snapped it up quickly. The only tapes I could get at first, at my local dollar store....were type 1, Maxell UR 90’s, and I was surprised how good they sounded esp when using dbx. I’d actually love to try some of those better type 1’s you tested in the video, but my goodness are old stock tapes ever expensive!

Also, ‘back in the day’, I didn’t exactly maintain my cassette decks like I would, nowadays!

Try SKC AX. As good as an AR in my book, but half the price.

Cassette Comeback Gotta say, btw, I’m enjoying this channel and the vids you post. I’d like to get myself a deck like that Denon you have there! I’ve been mixing my cassette recordings down to DAW for the most part, occasionally I use an old boombox style deck I’ve had since the early 90’s.....but It’d be nice to have a good, dedicated mixdown deck. Something ‘gets lost’ in the transfer to digital. About tapes in general, theres just something about printing music to a physical medium like that, it has a unique sound with its compression/limited dynamic range, and tho I hate to use the old cliche....it sounds warm. Of course, theres definitely a nostalgia element too, thinking of those days when computers weren’t everywhere, and folks like me were just excited to be able to make multi-track recordings at home on a budget.....and once you learned to work within that medium, you could make some decent recordings! I find myself recording stuff on cassette more and more these days, because its a welcome break from staring at a computer screen and working within the cold, sterile climate of digital recording. Even dumping some of my daw-made recordings down to cassette gives those recordings a bit of that warmth, something that plugins can’t achieve. Recording to cassette is just so easy and familiar, I much prefer it for demo’s, in fact I’ve since acquired a tascam 488....a multitrack cassette machine that uses a combination of 2 heads, staggered, for a total of 8 tracks! One day, I aim to get a decent 8 track reel to reel as well, but thats a much more expensive racket! Anyways, apologies for the rant. Nice chatting with ya, and I look forward to watching more of those vids: )

That's it. There are uses for all cassettes, this video was just to dispel the myth some hold that all Type 1 are not suitable for music.

Agree. It's just the compatibility in the future that puts me off using "exotic" NR.

How about dolby c ?

@@rafisainrafi3092 Dolby C is a bit finicky, it has less compatibility with other decks. Also portable devices such as Walkmans, boomboxes or lesser quality decks usually don't have Dolby C in the first place. Another advantage of "B" is that is slightly boosts the highs during recording - but not as much a C does. The result of that is a more pleasant and natural sound if the cassette is played on a deck that doesn't support Dolby in the fist place. Using C during recording, then playing back without often sounds too bright and shrill.

Each to their own. I listen to a lot of cassettes on portables and the highest they have is usually Dolby B. I don't mind the hiss, reminds me that it's a cassette 😀

I used UD1, AR and AR a lot in preference to type II's finding especially with dolby they held up well both on my home deck and my then Aiwa personal stereo in the 80's only usually buying XLII for a few recordings. I currently use AD and AR on my RS_B655 and 707 Technics decks where they sound just great.

Yeah, I don't use NR. The hiss doesn't bother me, it's part of the charm and nostalgia.

Type 1s are the most "cassette" sounding cassette, as they are the least digital sounding. That's probably why 😃

@@CassetteComeback i guess something like that is also for cassette decks...i find the 90's 3head cassette decks more 'digital sounding' than the mid 80's 3head models...

Yeah. We have small houses and have to use whatever space we can. No room to setup a studio in one of our 5 bedrooms 😀

Glad you liked it. Good call, I'll update the description.

You've no contracts to someone who has a stash in a lock up do you 😁

No I have a personal stash but I don't want to sell them just yet. Not a pallet but more like a small suitcase. @@CassetteComeback

I was being facetious. Record them in good health fellah ;-)

I think a lot of the type 0 companies came up with the names by selecting letters randomly from a Scrabble bag 😀

@@CassetteComeback Either a scrablle bag, or change a single letter of another brand.. like Maxvell

It's a nice dream, but not going to happen. The thing is, digital has the instant availability, convenience and profit that "modern" cassette wouldn't and it's so easy to use. Let's just appreciate Cassettes for the endearing relics they are.

@@CassetteComeback No, let's not! Let's make the best analog tape that has ever existed! I've been producing music since the late 90's, analog synths were a thing of yesteryear even back then, everybody said to forget those synths, use virtual analog or digital synths or even better, vsts. Meanwhile, prices shot through the roof on that analog gear, because the demand for it never went away, the supply was just choked off by greedy companies who saw huge margins in digital synths. Through that time, everyone said, no you are just dreaming, no one is making the machines that are necessary to make the chips that were responsible for those old incredible sounds. Well guess what? We are now in the real golden age of analog synths. Behringer has built a factory where they can manufacture the chips that were used in those euphonic goodies of yesteryear. It happened, do you understand?! The thing that everyone said physically couldn't even happen, has happened. I think there is a growing demand for hifi. These kids are realizing that laptop speakers absolutely SUCK for listening to music. I know you are seeing it, you're stacking cash off of it! We're in the early stages of it now, and the pioneers (no pun) are facing their challenges, but this reinvention is not over, it is just beginning.

Very interesting. I have a lot of respect for Russian ingenuity in engineering.

@@CassetteComeback please make a video comparison with Dolby HX-PRO on or Off.

None of my decks with HX pro have the option of turning it off.

HX-pro isn't noise reduction, it stands for headroom extension. It's beneficial and doesn't need to be switched off.

Nakamichi Decks don't have or need HX pro.

It's from the KZfaq royalty free library. It's called: Hot Hot Coffee