Scan of the Week...Blank Cassette Ads & Brochures

[retrokeeper]

Ok...for this week I went a little....nuts!! Since this is THE place for those who are into the magnetic medium of every type,here's some ads and brochures from various companies for all that WAS great in cassettes,reel-to-reel,and 8-track!!Enjoy what was then and what is nevermore(well,not available at your local stereo store,at least!!) *reelspin**fit**reelspin*. Rob

[NAD613]

Thanks! It was great to see those Sony HF-S cassettes. I'd still be buying them if Sony still made them. They would have made a small fortune from me buying those HF-S 90's.

Those blank Maxell 8-tracks got me to wondering; does anyone know how homemade recorded 8-tracks sounded on a decent deck with quality tape? Did they sound pretty good? I know the cartridges put out by the record labels are somewhat less than impressive.

[Scorpion8]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[retrokeeper]

Wait...THERE'S MORE!! Rob

[braxus]

One day Nad I'll get back to you on that 8 track sound quality question.

I was a bit surprised to read the lineup for Sony's tapes compare to other tapes. The XL-II vs Sony UX-S for example. I would have guessed the UX would be more appropriate, but maybe I've been wrong all these years. I thought the UX was a better tape then they list it as. And for those wondering why the UX-Pro was left blank on its competitors, its because the UX-ES used the same tape as UX-Pro, but with a better shell on the Pro tape. Being Maxell had an excellent shell on the XL-IIS tape- I would more inclined to compare that tape with the UX-Pro then the ES tape.

[retrokeeper]

And just a couple more...enjoy!! Rob

[Web Police]

Thanks for the great Tape ad scans. I remember seeing a lot of them in the old days when all I could afford was Memorex tapes.

[NAD613]

Retrokeeper, could you do a scan of a bunch of tape & cassette related pages from the old Radio Shack catalogs, like various stereo decks, accessories, etc...? That would be pretty cool.

[Scorpion8]

Rob! Save something for tomorrow...... what the hey! Go crazy more often!!!!

Thanks!

[retrokeeper]

Sure thing NAD!! I was planning to do some scans like that in the future weeks to come. Rob

[clhboa]

Thanks! It was great to see those Sony HF-S cassettes. I'd still be buying them if Sony still made them. They would have made a small fortune from me buying those HF-S 90's.

Those blank Maxell 8-tracks got me to wondering; does anyone know how homemade recorded 8-tracks sounded on a decent deck with quality tape? Did they sound pretty good? I know the cartridges put out by the record labels are somewhat less than impressive.

I plan on giving that a try soon. I have a few new blanks that I have to replace the pads and foil first. I'll give a report.

[Marc Hugo]

One day Nad I'll get back to you on that 8 track sound quality question.

I was a bit surprised to read the lineup for Sony's tapes compare to other tapes. The XL-II vs Sony UX-S for example. I would have guessed the UX would be more appropriate, but maybe I've been wrong all these years. I thought the UX was a better tape then they list it as. And for those wondering why the UX-Pro was left blank on its competitors, its because the UX-ES used the same tape as UX-Pro, but with a better shell on the Pro tape. Being Maxell had an excellent shell on the XL-IIS tape- I would more inclined to compare that tape with the UX-Pro then the ES tape.

Hi Braxus,

Your comments would be similar to mine actually. For instance, I always thought the UX was a quality match for the TDK SA - but actually, the pricing notch for the UX was more aligned with a TDK SD.. I haven't got a UX-Pro - my understanding too was that the main difference between that and the UX-ES were the ceramic guides in the UX Pro. Are there any other differences in the shell - I was quite impressed with the UX-ES shell in general.

Marc

[MacGyver]

if you don't mind, retrokeeper, i'll take your cue and run with it a little here...




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[NAD613]

Hi Braxus,

Your comments would be similar to mine actually. For instance, I always thought the UX was a quality match for the TDK SA - but actually, the pricing notch for the UX was more aligned with a TDK SD.. I haven't got a UX-Pro - my understanding too was that the main difference between that and the UX-ES were the ceramic guides in the UX Pro. Are there any other differences in the shell - I was quite impressed with the UX-ES shell in general.

Marc

I'd always assumed that that Sony UX was their version of the Maxell XLII, which was their version of the TDK SA. Same with the UX-Pro, XLII-S, & SA-X, too.

[braxus]

Thought I'd bump this post for newbies to see the ads. Again the Sony lineup above really surprised me when I saw it.

[retrokeeper]

Yep....definately worth viewing again...and again!! Rob

[perry]

So is Larrys group buy for UX-Pros? If so, I'll take another 10 if there's any left..

[MASTERTAPE]

Hi, thanks nice scans *reelspin**reelspin*