Yep, could be a South Korean cassette, and the hubs are definitely Goldstar. BASF outsourced in the 90s some parts of their cassettes (hubs, shells for some markets...), and their Ferro Extra used the same Goldstar hubs in some batches, but it might still have actual BASF tape, and the later last of line BASFs, or I should say EMTEC at that point most likely used Korean tape, but the Konica since it's Japanese (especially this domestic market one), is more likely to have used South Korean tape, either Goldstar (their ferrics have really fat bass, similar to HITACHI's DL60 which were older, and might have used Maxell UDI tape, which is also very bassy), or the other big boys - SKC and Saehan. But based on the color of the tape, I think it's more likely a low-end SKC tape, but who knows. It looks like the Ferro Extra in color, but that performance was... disappointing to say the least. Thanks for the video!
shocking? havent you noticed that AGFA and FUJI s been major's manufacturers in both markets? come on (: 90% of Konica cassettes were manufactured by Forward. the remaining odd batches were Saehan made. the reelhub pattern, that some ppl call "goldstar" hub is quite infamous for a reason - these used inside Konica cassettes were perfectly fine, the same mould was used by Emtec, but those were flawed, and they are (very often) deformed to a point were they have to replaced, as the tapepack doesnt fit inside the mechanism which gets jammed - and the tape travels sideways. BASF magnetic division did not exist since december 1996 - it was just a name bought and used by Kohap up until 2002, later dropped and replaced by Emtec - your BASF cassette shown here has NOTHING to do with the German BASF major. forget any auto CAL with Forward tapes - they are far more off standard than SKMA/SAEHAN tapes - if you want this one to compete against D / UR / HF etc - you have to use a fully manual deck (or even fiddle with the rec EQ // timeconstant electronics ;) - I used these inside a GX75 and it "liked" it. I know this is youtube (squashed audio), BUT having used tons of Forward cassettes this one sounds heavily overbiased to me - the tape has a natural rise in the HF - getting rid of that slight boost ruins the recording. the treble is not the biggest issue here - if you focus on the kick drum you'll hear that excess bias level completely ruins the mids and gives you that horrible 160-300 Hz ooomph on the kick drum's tail.
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Yep, could be a South Korean cassette, and the hubs are definitely Goldstar. BASF outsourced in the 90s some parts of their cassettes (hubs, shells for some markets...), and their Ferro Extra used the same Goldstar hubs in some batches, but it might still have actual BASF tape, and the later last of line BASFs, or I should say EMTEC at that point most likely used Korean tape, but the Konica since it's Japanese (especially this domestic market one), is more likely to have used South Korean tape, either Goldstar (their ferrics have really fat bass, similar to HITACHI's DL60 which were older, and might have used Maxell UDI tape, which is also very bassy), or the other big boys - SKC and Saehan. But based on the color of the tape, I think it's more likely a low-end SKC tape, but who knows. It looks like the Ferro Extra in color, but that performance was... disappointing to say the least. Thanks for the video!
Nice Cassette you Show us. Can you rewiev a basf Cassette because theire very good?
Sure, maybe in the near future
@@ARandomOven cool, thanks
shocking?
havent you noticed that AGFA and FUJI s been major's manufacturers in both markets?
come on (:
90% of Konica cassettes were manufactured by Forward.
the remaining odd batches were Saehan made.
the reelhub pattern, that some ppl call "goldstar" hub is quite infamous for a reason - these used inside Konica cassettes were perfectly fine,
the same mould was used by Emtec, but those were flawed, and they are (very often) deformed to a point were they have to replaced, as the tapepack doesnt fit inside the mechanism which gets jammed - and the tape travels sideways.
BASF magnetic division did not exist since december 1996 - it was just a name bought and used by Kohap up until 2002, later dropped and replaced by Emtec - your BASF cassette shown here has NOTHING to do with the German BASF major.
forget any auto CAL with Forward tapes - they are far more off standard than SKMA/SAEHAN tapes - if you want this one to compete against D / UR / HF etc - you have to use a fully manual deck (or even fiddle with the rec EQ // timeconstant electronics ;) - I used these inside a GX75 and it "liked" it.
I know this is youtube (squashed audio), BUT having used tons of Forward cassettes this one sounds heavily overbiased to me - the tape has a natural rise in the HF - getting rid of that slight boost ruins the recording.
the treble is not the biggest issue here - if you focus on the kick drum you'll hear that excess bias level completely ruins the mids and gives you that horrible 160-300 Hz ooomph on the kick drum's tail.