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There were demo tapes where artistes would record a test cassette which you could find in record shops sold cheaply
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Well thanks to this thread I've only just learned that there were different types of cassette. Memorex, BASF, TDK and Phillips are the ones I remember kicking around the house but I didn't realise you could get different types. Could explain why I always thought some of the tapes sounded a bit tinny when I recorded things onto them.
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Originally posted by sixtyten View PostYes, they were called "1 + 1"
The 1980s Fisher Price tape recorders came with a tape which had some music on one side, & was blank on the other for the user to record on.
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Originally posted by kirky666 View PostAnyone remember the official cassettes which had a blank side for you to record another album on? I had the first U2 album, so I think it must have been Island Records who did this.
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Originally posted by Arran View PostThere were also chrome and metal tapes as well as the usual iron oxide. Upmarket stereos and Hi-Fis have a control to select the tape material.
Type I - Iron oxide
Type II - Chrome
Type III - Ferrochrome
Type IV - Metal
Ferrochrome were a high spec cassette produced between the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were eclipsed by metal tapes in 1980.
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Anyone remember the official cassettes which had a blank side for you to record another album on? I had the first U2 album, so I think it must have been Island Records who did this.
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I remember type II tapes became cheaper in the 1990s, I still have a lot of TDK CDing tapes that claimed to lose less quality when recording from CDs.
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Originally posted by Arran View PostI think that Dolby noise reduction reduced the demand for type II chrome cassettes.
The question is how many companies in the world actually made magnetic tape stock? It's possible for cassettes sold by different companies to have exactly the same tape inside them. Some retailers like Comet and Woolworths sold their own brand of cassettes but they did not make the tape inside them.
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I remember own brand Tandy/Radio Shack VHS cassettes
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I think that Dolby noise reduction reduced the demand for type II chrome cassettes.
The question is how many companies in the world actually made magnetic tape stock? It's possible for cassettes sold by different companies to have exactly the same tape inside them. Some retailers like Comet and Woolworths sold their own brand of cassettes but they did not make the tape inside them.
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The benefits of Type 2 tapes were over-hyped because they were more profitable. They handled high frequencies better but the bass was thinner, leading to a sound that could be too 'bright'. With portables and budget systems you were usually better off with Type 1, even if the deck had a tape type selector. With some better quality systems or hi-fi separates you could adjust the bias of recordings to suit your taste, the music and the characteristics of the tape. The best all-rounders were probably superferrics such as TDK AD/AR that would give a good account of themselves on all equipment.
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When I was younger, I was always been baffled by the "Low Noise" mention on earlier cassette tapes - as I assumed that anything recorded is "noise", and thought so that the stuff that I wanted to record would not be picked up by the tape because of it. That what it sounded like to me anyway, no pun intended.
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There were also chrome and metal tapes as well as the usual iron oxide. Upmarket stereos and Hi-Fis have a control to select the tape material.
Type I - Iron oxide
Type II - Chrome
Type III - Ferrochrome
Type IV - Metal
Ferrochrome were a high spec cassette produced between the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were eclipsed by metal tapes in 1980.
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