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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Cassette Tape Durability
Message-ID: <1233@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 11:58:06 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 12 11:58:06 1985
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Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
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In article <324@cubsvax.UUCP> peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin) writes:
>Re SA-X upgrade:  SA-X is a better tape, and I've tried it.  It seems to
>allow more dynamic range.  Some time after they introduced the SA-X,
>they had a general upgrade in the packaging:  they started putting SA tape
>into  the cassettes they had used for SA-X, and SA-X into cassettes they
>had used for metal tape, and introduced a new all-metal (I believe)
>cassette for the metal tapes at the high end, and  called it M-X.  Or 
>something like that.  
>Peter S. Shenkin, Biology, Columbia;    cubsvax!peters

SA-X is a dual layer version of SA as well as having all the latest 
improvements in particle manufacturing.  i've stopped using SA's when they
started assembling them in the US.  quality went down from the original
japanese produced ones.  i have some that are 9 years old that are fine,
but most of mine are about 5 years old, and i have been having problems
with them.  i don't know what the newer SA types are like.  TDK MA-R was
their first metal tape and comes in the aluminum frame.  it is a slightly
different formulation than MA and is a dual layer metal tape.  i think it's
the best metal tape one can buy short of reference cassetts for alignment.
however, at $18.00 each at discount in Canada, i don't buy many.  i use
fuji metal instead because the housing is better than MA and the tape
is very close in bias requirements.

Herb Chong...

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