TDK CD BASS 74: HEAVY-ASS PERFORMANCE

[MacGyver]

i just came across this in my collection, a leftover from my days of recording mixtapes for my ex-father when he was a long-haul trucker for C.R. ENGLAND. of the one or two half-dozen packs that i had got back then, this single example is all i have left, the balance long gone to my ex-father's long-hauling. at the time, i got this clever little notion to perform a minor alteration with an X-ACTO to two of them; one for him, the other for my posterity...


http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/COMPACT%20CASSETTES/TDKCD-BASS14.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/COMPACT%20CASSETTES/TDKCD-BASS741.jpg


frankly, i still find it rather amusing, in a lunk-headed sort of way...:D

[Scorpion8]

Polish that baby up with successively finer wet sandpapers and plastic polish and it'd look great!

[MacGyver]

call me stupid, but what exactly IS a wet-sandpaper? do you dampen it before use? i have many grits of modelling sandpaper in my plastic model supplies. still, that's an idea; i might try some CD scratch-remover on those spots in a bit here...

[Scorpion8]

PM sent ....

[MacGyver]

one item of note here. while there is no mention of tape formulation anywhere on this stupid thing, the tape itself is a TRANSPARENT deep rust color. anyone have an idea what sort of emulsion this is?



http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/TDKCD-BASS7421.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/TDKCD-BASS742.jpg

[graffias79]

Hey I found some of those in 120 minute at Goodwill once. I haven't gotten around to trying them yet, do they sound ok?
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/graffias79/CDBassFront.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/graffias79/CDBassBack.jpg

I also have one sealed and two unsealed examples of it's cousin. I think these sound very nice. They are high bias.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/graffias79/CDPowerFront.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/graffias79/CDPowerBack.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/graffias79/CDPowerOpen.jpg

[MacGyver]

i have several of those CD-POWER's myself...

[Web Police]

I have a few of those CD power tapes also.

http://home.earthlink.net/~web-police/T4.jpg

[Larry N]

I was reading this post and though this link might be a good one to share with everyone.

http://www.theturntablefactory.com/cover.html

[Mr. Lin]

Put it on ebay.

[lordxale]

I actually got a single sealed CD BASS 74 at GW the other day. Got a single sealed Fuji DR I with it, too. The TDK looks exactly like Lady Ayeka's. The Fuji, on the other hand, looks pretty old. It's got a red/green stripe packaging, and an opaque black shell on the tape. I can't find a year on it, of course, but maybe that'll help somebody identify it.

I seem to have adopted the policy of keep at least one sealed, use all the others. Maybe I'm getting hooked?

[NAD613]

How are those TDK CD Power cassettes? Frys.com has them for $6 or $7 for a 5-pack & I've been temped to pick some up. However, if they're not any better than the SA, I'll pass.

[Web Police]

In my opinion TDK SA Tapes are better. I am not fond of 110 minute tapes either.