Maxell139858 60-Minute High Bias Standard Cassette Audio Tape - 5 Pack

I am amazed by the sound quality of the recording on the tapes. I missed it a lot from good old days. I regretted dumping all my cassettes for CDs. I recently acquired a Sony Walkman WM-D6C on eBay as I had a similar model when I was a teenager. My tears almost came out when I played the tapes I recently retrieved from decades ago. I am very happy. This is a wonderful musical experience where new generations like my sons will never understand. I bought these blank tapes to make copies of my collection of vinyls/tapes/CDs with great confidence. I hope cassettes will become popular again.

Great to use for recording on my Tascam 688!

Like another reviewer on the 90-Minute 5 Pack item, I can verify that these tapes have too much drag in the mechanism. On my Nakamichi BX-300, they frequently stop during recording or playback. It's a tension problem, wherein a high end deck will purposefully stop advancing the tape to avoid breakage; basically, it thinks the tape is stuck. Cheapo decks that do not have this feature may work fine with these tapes. I've had no problem with other, commercially available cassettes on this deck.My advice, if you have these tapes, is to run them a bit before you record to them. Pop 'em in your deck and fast forward the entire tape, then rewind fully. Maybe a few times. With one tape, after recording one side just fine it was stopping every 3 seconds no matter where I started from on the opposite side, until I performed the above. YMMV. Recorded audio sounds fine.I would add that these are recommended in the Nakamichi owner's manual. Go figure.

Arrived in good condition and perform "as new".No comments

My favorite tapes for years

I like to record on tapes....I'm happy I can purchased High Bias tapes at Amazon

Excelllent results w/ our Tascam CC-222-MKIV unit…..am avoiding 90 min tapes per others recommendations as to the sensitivity of high end units.

Good quality.