For a 45 years old Type 0, this actually sounds really consistent. You can easily spot the drop-off in air/treble on the tape, probably due to autocal overbias or the inner workings of the DNR system. Too bad the D7 doesn't allow external bias fine tune like some other decks. But the tape seems to keep its level really well. Which is a really good sign. Plus, the deck's transport seems really stable itself.
I bought my first Maxell UD in 1974, cost me a lot of money then. My first TDK tape was in 1973, the famous 'TDK SD C90'. It was £1.53 in UK money then!
at 8:46 ... those numbers on the window of the cassette are not minutes (there aren't 100 minutes of time on this cassette), they are actually percentages of the tape used. So if the gap between the two hubs lines up at the "50" mark, then 50% of that tape's side has been used. It's not very accurate, but it's better than nothing. Cool Maxell tape!
Considering its age not a bad cassette my oldest is a sony 120 min from 1978 though due to bad packing the plastic got destroyed bot i have the end piece with the sony brand around the pull tab .
The HM on the tear strip, I’m almost certain, stands for Hitachi Maxell. Great video on cassettes-keep ‘em coming!! 🤩👍🏽
For a 45 years old Type 0, this actually sounds really consistent. You can easily spot the drop-off in air/treble on the tape, probably due to autocal overbias or the inner workings of the DNR system. Too bad the D7 doesn't allow external bias fine tune like some other decks.
But the tape seems to keep its level really well. Which is a really good sign. Plus, the deck's transport seems really stable itself.
I bought my first Maxell UD in 1974, cost me a lot of money then. My first TDK tape was in 1973, the famous 'TDK SD C90'. It was £1.53 in UK money then!
Cool video ! I vote for a newer cassette tape for the next video. 😎👍
at 8:46 ... those numbers on the window of the cassette are not minutes (there aren't 100 minutes of time on this cassette), they are actually percentages of the tape used. So if the gap between the two hubs lines up at the "50" mark, then 50% of that tape's side has been used. It's not very accurate, but it's better than nothing. Cool Maxell tape!
Always had a couple for the new years day top 500 songs week.
Wow! These cassettes are the same age as me! Lol 😆
I believe the 'I M' you see on there is actually 'HM' as in Hitachi Maxell
Oh okay, then yeah in that case it makes a lot more sense
ARandomOven, whats your oldest Cassette Tape you have? My oldest Cassette is an magnetophonband BASF from 1967 and it Sounds good vor the age
The oldest cassette I have is a 1971 Philips Low Noise C-60. Unfortunately, I haven't come across any 60s cassettes yet 😅
Thats in intresting Cassette. I dont have a Philips Cassette
Considering its age not a bad cassette my oldest is a sony 120 min from 1978 though due to bad packing the plastic got destroyed bot i have the end piece with the sony brand around the pull tab .
have you heard that they might be making tape decks again heard that from a TH-camr Ana{dia}Log
Yep, I have, although as of now, I still have pretty low expectations 😅
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