TDK MA METAL BIAS CASSETTES ('79-'91)

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Published 2016-02-18
TDK Type IV Metal Bias Cassettes were and still are excellent. Here we look at the over-engineered MA-R from 1979, it's 80s replacement the MA-XG and the 1991 revised version, the MA and the MA-X.
All fine examples of how great a Metal Cassette can sound.

All Comments (21)
  • @daviddionisio
    The MAR metal alloy cassette is absolutely fabulous ! The very very best of all...
  • @watershed44
    Japanese product like this made in the 80s really were of amazingly high quality, which was never duplicated in the past and likely we will never see again.
  • @ralphreinhardt6020
    I'm back again to watch this great video ! I dig all of your cassette videos. 😎👍
  • @Badassvidsz
    I can't keep counting how many times i've watched this video :-)
  • @armarra
    thanks for the trip down memory lane. I particularly enjoyed the ma and max, still have those and perchased a pioneer multi cassette changer. It has a tape indicator that specifies large or normal hubsizes and the progress is tracked on a display. now AI have seen the large hub.
  • @massimo6770
    My favorite tapes back in the days. Fenomenal quality. Only problem: too heavy for the mechanics of the car players.
  • @choonwahyee9101
    In year's of 1985 , had so many thing's to offer 's , asia are the big markets of music 's , song's , ..... Chinese songs , Cantonese songs , Taiwanese songs ! Than thailand's ! Move in .... Love songs !!! Disco music ! Rocks and rolls !!!! Never let me go ! Mtv videos! Pop 's !!! Solid gold 's
  • I'm looking for just one Cassette to record over time and time again. I don't need more than two, I am planning to use it for my current playlists, not permanent tapes.
  • @tapemaster8252
    never had a MA-X, got a bunch of MAs, the worst Metal tape I had was Fuji, not because of sound quality, my car deck would chew em up easily, great video 👏🏾👏🏾💯
  • Grabe en la cinta trasparente genesis threee sides live aun ls cinta no ha perdido calidad de sonido en un deck sansui d-550 M Y aun la escucho
  • @wrestletube1
    The sound of any tapes also depends on the quality of your deck really. If you have a high grade recording device you can get a better recording quality if you have a high grade Walkman you can record onto your computer in high quality. If it's a later higher grade Walkman with Normal, Megabass, Megabass Groove and Sound Revitalisation on it even better because on a Ferric you can use SR mode to make them sound great because it helps output the treble as it should sound on a higher grade Chrome tape standard, you can use Megabass Groove to set the bass of a Chrome to a Ferric standard and you can normal Megabass a metal tape to make the bass on a metal Ferric standard. Just be sure to record on the computer in true uncompressed Wave format and to also not let it run on battery put it in the mains and you can have a digital copy of whats on the tape too. Definitely the deck matters as well I would say because if you have EQ tricks on your deck to make tapes sound as good as other tapes in the sound ranges they fail at normally then you can get a CD quality sound on the best graded tapes from each type. Did you know that there was a load of existing hybrid tape types as well made for the market to so called improve the sound quality of all the normal tape types on the market Maxell were the only ones by the looks of things who made a Hybrid of Normal Metal compound with Colbalt Alloy Metal compound but even they exist and even Type II hybrids exist on a fun reel looking tape which I think might be an exclusive hybrid too. The only couple of types of hybrids done by a ton of brands seems to be the Ferric Cobalt Hybrids and the FerroChrome Hybrids the Chrome and Metal Colbalt Hybrids seem to be only brand exclusive on my first glance at hybrid cassette technology. Cobalt Ferric Type I Hybrid http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-of-2-MAXELL-UDI-CD-60-120-min-Cobalt-Alloy-Audio-Cassette-Tapes-New-Sealed-/172511511967?hash=item282a7cc59f:g:w-8AAOSw~OVW1Q-M Cobalt Chrome Type II Hybrid http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEAC-Cobalt-52G-Metal-Reel-RARE-Cassette-Tape-X4-/272535881717?hash=item3f746787f5:g:5nEAAOSwjDZYimgi Cobalt Metal Type IV Hybrid http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maxell-MX-S-C100-Type-IV-Metal-Blank-Audio-Cassette-Tape-NEW-Sealed/122362619053?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D14b97dc6716948bd8451efb1199e86bb%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D272535881717 There was never a Type III Hybrid out as that in itself was a Ferric Chrome Hybrid. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-FeCr-90-1-NEW-BLANK-AUDIO-CASSETTE-TAPE-Type-III-FerroChrome-Record-90min-/122326768290?hash=item1c7b3e5aa2:g:RD0AAOSwzJ5XUwao What Hybrid would you say would win the battle? Would love to see a batle of the hybrids if you can afford one of each hybrid that is as hybrids are expensive in all flavors of tape grade.
  • What does the red or green tabs indicate? how do i tell if its 90 minutes or 45 minutes? Thank you, appreciate your mastery of audio matters.
  • @ImreBaracsi
    Fontos információ !!!!📼📼📼📼📼📼