Favorite brand of blank cassette tapes (old heads)

[W.I.Z.E.]

Teac, for my cats recording raps on dats

 

[diggy]

Dont forget

 

[Kliq_Souf]

These was my go-to.
I got a boom box for Christmas when I was 7 years old and I was addicted.
I would make tapes all day off the radio or CDs.
My uncle was a DJ and I would take his tapes and tape over them shyts... but eventually he caught on

So I started going to Rite-Aid and stealing tapes... weekly

 

[get these nets]

What was your go to back in the day? Sony, Maxwell etc. I remember some used to have terrible quality and some didn't. I think Maxwell was the best but I can't remember.

Also how many did you buy in a pack? Or did you just buy 1 blank at a time (budget wisr)

TDK was always on sale, so that was the goto brand,

fukked around and got Radio shack joints because they had 120 minute length tapes.

Had to sleep, but wanted to tape as much of Stretch and Bobbito as possible.

The Maxwells were good though. I found an old Maxwell Grey tape, and played it........still sounds crisp, it was a Mr. Scarface album dub

 

[Crumple]

Dont forget

I used to look online for cool cassettes. This is the first time in my life I've seen a head demagnetizer. Thank you.

What did it do tho? Put a tape deck out of commission? Lol Or re-adjust something?

 

[Crumple]

These was my go-to.
I got a boom box for Christmas when I was 7 years old and I was addicted.
I would make tapes all day off the radio or CDs.
My uncle was a DJ and I would take his tapes and tape over them shyts... but eventually he caught on

So I started going to Rite-Aid and stealing tapes... weekly

Yes those Tasks and then the standard maxwell's in the red pack were what I ended up buying most of.

 

[NormanConnors]

Clear maxell joints

 

[pete clemenza]

TDK and Maxell

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

These were the Memorex ones I was talking about. 80s vibe to them.

Nostalgic as hell but these tapes were so trash.

 

[MaccKing]

TDK

 

[Ashtrey]

Always thought this gave the best sound.

 

[jilla82]

thread is hilarious...bringing back so many memories.

I dont know the last time I even thought about a tape...its almost like I forgot that part of my life existed.

 

[Crumple]

Nostalgic as hell but these tapes were so trash.

Why do you say that?

I remember them seeming less quality than the gray maxwell's.

Like the actual tape quality or sound.

But I don't know if it was the optics of how they looked or what.

Actually I remember one of these tapes got ate and I tried to repair one but couldn't.

 

[Crumple]

Side question - How did you guys repair chewed tapes? Were you always successful doing so?

I remember unscrewing and fixing chewed tapes by cutting the chewed part and using actual adhesive tape to tape the cut ends.

Sometimes it didn't work though.