03.07.2024, 08:48
I particularly like both generations of Boots-Maxell, those covers.
I was secretly hoping there was some rare Metal version of Boots. Since they had it close, having it made in England by Maxell would have made the price favorable for the domestic market as well.
In Slovakia in the second half of the 90's, Metal cassettes from Maxell and TDK were among the cheapest in their category.
Maxell Metal CDs cost only a quarter more than the XLII-S. Maxell MX-S cost half as more than the XLII-S.
The TDK MA held prices similarly favorably.
Only the Sony Metal-XR and Basf TPIV were nearly as expensive as the Maxell MX-S.
To give you an idea, we also had the TDK MA-XG, which was five times more expensive than the TDK MA.
Well I'm getting off topic again.
The Maxell Boots are gorgeous and high quality.
It's just the use of tape that's confusing, because the CD II older version uses a transparent cassette, but the tape is extremely powerful.
The newer CDII already uses the classic oval shell. This shell must have overproduced as it was no longer used after 1994 for the Maxell brand, but Boots well into 1996 and maybe longer
Not to mention those hubs color combinations, that's just a rarity that even Maxell doesn't have!
I was secretly hoping there was some rare Metal version of Boots. Since they had it close, having it made in England by Maxell would have made the price favorable for the domestic market as well.
In Slovakia in the second half of the 90's, Metal cassettes from Maxell and TDK were among the cheapest in their category.
Maxell Metal CDs cost only a quarter more than the XLII-S. Maxell MX-S cost half as more than the XLII-S.
The TDK MA held prices similarly favorably.
Only the Sony Metal-XR and Basf TPIV were nearly as expensive as the Maxell MX-S.
To give you an idea, we also had the TDK MA-XG, which was five times more expensive than the TDK MA.
Well I'm getting off topic again.
The Maxell Boots are gorgeous and high quality.
It's just the use of tape that's confusing, because the CD II older version uses a transparent cassette, but the tape is extremely powerful.
The newer CDII already uses the classic oval shell. This shell must have overproduced as it was no longer used after 1994 for the Maxell brand, but Boots well into 1996 and maybe longer
Not to mention those hubs color combinations, that's just a rarity that even Maxell doesn't have!