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goldear
09-08-2011, 09:43 PM
I found 9 brand new (still shrink-wrapped) 7" reels of TDK 150. I'd never heard of this formulaiton before, but it appears to be a 1.0 mil mylar-based red-oxide formulation which is supposedly roughly equivalent to Scotch 150, all for $10.00.

Plus he just threw-in 6 more recorded reels of TDK 150 and 2 reels of Ampex 541, and 2 more reels of Ampex 531. All of these were in excellent condition, and contained the original unused adhesive labels (and the bags for the TDK tapes). And in the case of the 641/31 these tapes include something that I've never seen before: Some super-thin gold-leaf strips, and some fancy vinyl adhesive end-label strips. I think that these gold strips were intended for press-through labeling of the vinyl end-labels. The boxes for these tapes were written-on, but only the boxes.

Additionally, in two of the "used tape" boxes, I found one of those really old fashioned funky split 7" metal Akai takeup reels which has the words "Akai" punched-out of the reel flanges, and an original Akai Cross-field demo tape.

Oh yeah, there was also a reel of scotch 190, but that barely seems worth mentioning since it is an acetate-based tape.

I don't know how good the quality of any of this tape is, but it appears to be all low-bias red-oxide tape. I'm hoping that they are at least music-quality low-noise formulations.

krisjay
09-09-2011, 05:08 AM
Congrats! Tape is a wonderful thing indeed.

ti-triodes
09-09-2011, 04:43 PM
Nice! The Akai reel alone goes for mucho $$$$'s on eBay. The tape is icing on the cake!

vinyldavid
09-09-2011, 05:23 PM
IIRC Scotch 190 was the formulation that Kind of Blue was recorded on.

VintageSteve
09-09-2011, 05:38 PM
I saw that listing on craigslist... was going to call him this morning but I guess it wouldn't have done me any good. Glad a THer got them! *thumbsup*

robert1946
09-11-2011, 08:43 AM
I found 9 brand new (still shrink-wrapped) 7" reels of TDK 150. I'd never heard of this formulaiton before, but it appears to be a 1.0 mil mylar-based red-oxide formulation which is supposedly roughly equivalent to Scotch 150, all for $10.00.

Plus he just threw-in 6 more recorded reels of TDK 150 and 2 reels of Ampex 541, and 2 more reels of Ampex 531. All of these were in excellent condition, and contained the original unused adhesive labels (and the bags for the TDK tapes). And in the case of the 641/31 these tapes include something that I've never seen before: Some super-thin gold-leaf strips, and some fancy vinyl adhesive end-label strips. I think that these gold strips were intended for press-through labeling of the vinyl end-labels. The boxes for these tapes were written-on, but only the boxes.

Additionally, in two of the "used tape" boxes, I found one of those really old fashioned funky split 7" metal Akai takeup reels which has the words "Akai" punched-out of the reel flanges, and an original Akai Cross-field demo tape.

Oh yeah, there was also a reel of scotch 190, but that barely seems worth mentioning since it is an acetate-based tape.

I don't know how good the quality of any of this tape is, but it appears to be all low-bias red-oxide tape. I'm hoping that they are at least music-quality low-noise formulations.

The 150 formulation was the fore runner to LN Low Noise tape, I believe started in 1965-1975. When the UD formulation came out it fadded away. I have some Sony PR-150 1965 series that I made that sound just as good as the day they recorded. I used a Bell Sound Labs T-347 Deck. Just look out for SS on the late 70's tape, all my Sony 1974+ have wheel squeak now

kelvinmunson
09-11-2011, 09:22 AM
Congratulations......... fantastic deal *bigthumbup*