25.01.2023, 20:23
2245:
Thanks for the response.
I think the shape of the tape is not as important as the color and overall look, the Maxell and That's Metal are very different tapes.
With that Basf logic and the heavy Suono shell, I didn't take it for granted.
That's Suono is a very premium product in the Supermetals category. That's why I would never have thought that OEM brands would use a heavy case and not just "format Suono" But Basf probably required it, so they could have directly used Suono tape as well, but I guess that's too much to ask
But the packaging states Ultra Heavy Construction. But this inscription is also on the CR Studio version. I'd be interested in the pricing policy at the time of the current sale compared to That's audiotapes.
I agree, the tapes have changed over the years, XLII Black Magnetite is black, XLII-S is significantly lighter, XLII does not show through, XLII-S shows through subtly. Maxell had a bit of a problem getting the information correct in the transition period in the first half of the 90's when they were switching from brown belts to black, but not all of them. For example, I have UDI-CD versions of the 1994 pack where there is black opaque tape everywhere, except for one piece, with an older manufacture date but identical packaging and design.
It's the same with other Maxell models.
As I described the CR Studio and Maxell XLII-S are indeed almost identical in appearance, the only time I've ruled this out is with the metallics.
So, can I correct the tape and composition descriptions on my page for the Focus and Studio cartridges in turn? With the Live series, I never doubted that Basf wouldn't be there.
I'm still wondering what they put in Focus Metal then, but probably That's probably it.
For the Basf Chrome, Chrome Plus and FeCo cassettes I did a comparison with photos, because of the High Performace picture series, and it happened that in one series of three there were FeCo tapes and in some Chrome Plus tapes, I compared the colour, translucency and sound differences. So I'll believe anything.
I never noticed the yellow deposits n Suono, you refer to my pictures, I considered it as classic aging of paper and materials, because sometimes after unwrapping an audio cassette I really can't stop wondering what all I find there, sometimes white cotton wool, white hairs that are mostly on the papers, or a thick hairy coating just on the magnetic shielding pad in the body of the audio cassette, or dark ghost like impressions on very old cassettes like here:
https://ez647.sk/cc/basf_profii.html
That's why I would never have thought it was yellow from the audiotape body material, or that it would somehow irreversibly ruin the tape, as I mentioned That's Suono I recorded and it was weird, but it worked.
Thanks for the response.
I think the shape of the tape is not as important as the color and overall look, the Maxell and That's Metal are very different tapes.
With that Basf logic and the heavy Suono shell, I didn't take it for granted.
That's Suono is a very premium product in the Supermetals category. That's why I would never have thought that OEM brands would use a heavy case and not just "format Suono" But Basf probably required it, so they could have directly used Suono tape as well, but I guess that's too much to ask
But the packaging states Ultra Heavy Construction. But this inscription is also on the CR Studio version. I'd be interested in the pricing policy at the time of the current sale compared to That's audiotapes.
I agree, the tapes have changed over the years, XLII Black Magnetite is black, XLII-S is significantly lighter, XLII does not show through, XLII-S shows through subtly. Maxell had a bit of a problem getting the information correct in the transition period in the first half of the 90's when they were switching from brown belts to black, but not all of them. For example, I have UDI-CD versions of the 1994 pack where there is black opaque tape everywhere, except for one piece, with an older manufacture date but identical packaging and design.
It's the same with other Maxell models.
As I described the CR Studio and Maxell XLII-S are indeed almost identical in appearance, the only time I've ruled this out is with the metallics.
So, can I correct the tape and composition descriptions on my page for the Focus and Studio cartridges in turn? With the Live series, I never doubted that Basf wouldn't be there.
I'm still wondering what they put in Focus Metal then, but probably That's probably it.
For the Basf Chrome, Chrome Plus and FeCo cassettes I did a comparison with photos, because of the High Performace picture series, and it happened that in one series of three there were FeCo tapes and in some Chrome Plus tapes, I compared the colour, translucency and sound differences. So I'll believe anything.
I never noticed the yellow deposits n Suono, you refer to my pictures, I considered it as classic aging of paper and materials, because sometimes after unwrapping an audio cassette I really can't stop wondering what all I find there, sometimes white cotton wool, white hairs that are mostly on the papers, or a thick hairy coating just on the magnetic shielding pad in the body of the audio cassette, or dark ghost like impressions on very old cassettes like here:
https://ez647.sk/cc/basf_profii.html
That's why I would never have thought it was yellow from the audiotape body material, or that it would somehow irreversibly ruin the tape, as I mentioned That's Suono I recorded and it was weird, but it worked.