31.07.2018, 11:16
Hi Max!
This Magnex cassette might be very interesting, even technically. I have read in a Swedish hi-fi magazine that Magnex were planning to go their own way to make a type IV cassette: Instead of using pure iron particles, which was the standard method, they would somehow add chromium to the coating. The name "Chromalloy" suggests that this is the very tape they were writing about.
I don't know whether the experiment was successful or not. Shortly after, Magnex type IV cassettes had the designation "MXL", then "Studio 4". But it is unclear whether they switched to the standard method using iron particles only, or if they only changed the name in order to avoid confusion with type II cassettes, which the term "chrome" was widely associated with.
I have also bought one of the Chromalloy IV from Spain, but it has not been sent out yet, as I wanted to wait until there were some more cassettes to make shipping worthwile. But I'm really curious to examine it as soon as it arrives.
Cheers
Martin
This Magnex cassette might be very interesting, even technically. I have read in a Swedish hi-fi magazine that Magnex were planning to go their own way to make a type IV cassette: Instead of using pure iron particles, which was the standard method, they would somehow add chromium to the coating. The name "Chromalloy" suggests that this is the very tape they were writing about.
I don't know whether the experiment was successful or not. Shortly after, Magnex type IV cassettes had the designation "MXL", then "Studio 4". But it is unclear whether they switched to the standard method using iron particles only, or if they only changed the name in order to avoid confusion with type II cassettes, which the term "chrome" was widely associated with.
I have also bought one of the Chromalloy IV from Spain, but it has not been sent out yet, as I wanted to wait until there were some more cassettes to make shipping worthwile. But I'm really curious to examine it as soon as it arrives.
Cheers
Martin