Look what the cat dragged out!
Seriously, you may be wondering who on earth would need blank cassette tapes these days?
Those heady days of "Mix Tapes" are long gone but ....
Believe it or not there is a hard-core underground movement that just loves analog cassette tapes, particularly recordings from years ago which were made by musicians & bands live on stage, practise sessions & demo's. Also the good old family history recordings with the Grandparents telling all about their life all those years ago. All of this stuff is irreplaceable and needs to be protected.
Problem is, old tapes are fragile (cases, lubrication and mag tape all give up the ghost eventually) and like everything that man creates, they do not last forever. Wise people make "safety recordings" of their precious cassette tapes ... safety recordings are standard practice in the professional audio industry, no matter what the original media that was used to make the recording.
TDK - Audio Cassette Tape
Magnetic tape source is not stated
Cassette assembled & manufactured in Indonesia
Circa mid 1980's ~ 1990's
Series: SUPERIOR
TYPE: D90
Standard oxide coating formulation, commonly referred to as Type I or IEC I (120uS bias)
C90 means there is up to 45 minutes recording time on each side
A very good "general purpose" recording media, intended for the "every day" user - this is not metal formulation or in the class of a Quantegy tape but it is fine for general "backup" use. Unfortunately there is very little technical information on the packaging, formulations changed over the years even when they are referred to as "Type x"
Imation (USA) is in the mix here somewhere, an offshoot of the bohemoth 3M Corporation, reference to Imation is made on the rear of the packaging.
Funny enough, all cassette tapes (especially the "better types") are now EXTREMELY difficult to find (and being offered at pretty unrealistic prices, up to A$50 each but I saw one person selling a 1978 tape for A$1400!!! - you would need to be very angry with your money to pay that much for a cassette tape that is 50 years old! Look around on Fleabay and be amazed (shocked!)
The complete cassette package remains in the original unopened SEALED (factory cello wrap not shrink wrap!) packaging
