Memorex Cassettes - Trash Or Treasures?
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Memorex cassettes aren't as well thought of as the likes of TDK, Maxell, BASF etc
Sometimes, it's warranted. Other times though they have little gems which are flying "under the radar" and are bargains in the world of ever increasing blank cassette prices.
Here's a little video that showcases a couple of them.
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"Is it live or is it Memorex?"
I'm glad I'm not the only one who used to love the smell of a freshly unwrapped cassette!
I can still remember the first blank cassette I bought myself, back in 1978 - a BASF SM C60, with the yellow label, it had a really nice, almost 'sweet' smell!
In the same way as taking a new vinyl record out of the sleeve, I always gave them a good sniff!
Do you know what is SM is for security mecanism
Those yellow SM tapes were LN grade, black & grey were CrO2
I'm getting-on, so sniffing glue is out of the question. But if getting a whiff of a tape floats my boat, Well then, I think it's high time I join the Navy.
...Who said cassettes can't float? Mine do, when played on my Nakamichi.
Cheers from America!
Memorex were great in the 80’s and 90’s. The commercials were awesome back then. Remember when Ella Fitzgerald was in every Memorex commercials? She appeared in every commercial for MRX2 and MRX3 cassettes. There were many Memorex commercials appeared on UA-cam where it brings back some memories. Remember the tag line “Is it live? Or is it Memorex?” and the famous wine glass shattering which was kinda cool. I have so many Memorex cassettes like the dBS, dB Series, HBII, MRX2 and MRX3. The MRX2 and MRX3 that I have are not the best due to the foam pad which has been deteriorated for years. Same goes with the dB Series, MRXI and HBII during the early 1980’s that has the same problem on many early Memorex cassettes from the 70’s, and it does have a special cassette where it opens which was kinda cool where you open the cassette and pull the cassette out of the case and ready to play.
Thanks! I was not aware of these Memorex tapes. I just ordered some CD2s based on your demo!
Great! You'll not be disappointed with them.
I don't think I ever saw Memorex tapes other than the Ciré I (which i liked!) being sold in my country during the 90's and 00's. I don't know before that; I've found some from the early eighties in the trash and on a flea market, but they were obviously brought from the USA (were recorded with American radio broadcasts). I bought a couple of SMAT branded SKCs similar to to those Memorex CD2s very cheap in the early 00's, I liked them a lot!
Memorex played a major role in the history of audio and video media, they created a variety of products and were involved in the creation of PC IBM disc drives as well as a Major player in blank media including CDs (and of course Cassettes) they are also well known for the very famous "Is it live or is it Memorex?" campaign. People may have recorded and played on not very great equipment and then they blamed the tape. This brand should be respected.
The sad fact is, the quality of their cassettes are very good...once they outsourced them...
I liked them as a teenager. Back in the 80's they were a cheap brand that wasn't garbage. Memorex did it right.
Same, they were a godsend in H.S
Love me the smell (and sound) of a true chrome in the morning.
I'm very impressed with that CD² tape for how late it is, and I'll make sure to grab any I come across. I usually tend to avoid the Memorex tapes because of reputation, but I'll have to reconsider.
Yeah, they got better when Memorex stopped actually making them 😁
I had never heard of Memorex until UA-cam and the internet. Don't think we ever had Memorex here in NZ. I finally stopped using cassettes around 2007 or 08 but going through my collection there's various brands, the most common being the TDK D (both 60 and 90 minutes), a couple of SKC tapes, a couple of Sony ones, a Maxell, some ancient TEAC ones from the 70's, and a couple of BASF ones.
From memory, the BASF ones and TDK ones sounded the best.
EDIT: 5:52, that's identical to the SKC tapes I have a couple of!!! So we didn't get Memorex as such, but we did get them under different brands.
Memorex tapes are found at used bargain sales here in AU, the 70's ones that have end hinge cases that open like a swiss knife
Recording a Telarc Star Trek CD on a dbs 60 as I type this (SKC yellow hubs). Very dynamic disc - some passages have hit +7db on my JVC DD-V9 deck (with auto calibration). Tape is taking the abuse wonderfully. Call me impressed. And you know what? I just love the pink, green and yellow colours.
I think I've figured out why I like watching Tony's videos. They're like watching America's History Channel. Yes, informative, yet entertaining. Great Job!
I remember the pressure pad from the early Memorex tapes (like the blue one at the beginning) was an ugly big pad that became loose or degraded easily with time leading the tape unusable
or easy to mess up in the tape recorder mechanism
Just picked up a sealed CD2 and its predecessor the HBS II. Not only does the CD2 have the crayon smell, the HBS II does as well. I did some fine bias adjustments, and I found the same thing you did; even though they may be pure chromes, they don't have low levels like, say, a BASF chrome would...
I think SKC cobalt doped them, so they can take note signal.
I have one of those CD2 Memorex tapes, I got it at a garage sale and it had some weird country music on it. I pulled off the label and threw away the scribbled on J-card. The tape inside looked pretty good and when I recorded my music on it, it sounds just as good as my TDK SA 90s. Glad I picked one of these up.
Yeah. They're underrated because they're Memorex.
I took a smell of it, and it does have a waxy smell! How interesting.
Oh wow, I had tons of CD2 cassettes back in the day. Had no idea what high bias or any of that meant; I just knew they were inexpensive and felt high quality.
Memorex I think was not bad. In the 70s i had quite a few. I have one i recorded on back in 1976 and still works and sounds pretty good. Keep in mind i moved since then at least 15 times. It was often placed in storage. Not stored in the greatest conditions. I really enjoy your videos. Have a great day.
yeah i sort of fall into the same catogory, i have over 100 db series (series was written in full on earliest ones dbs i think was 86 on) cassettes that held recordings from 81-83 tho most just been recorded and maybe played back once, i can randomly pick out any1 of them and there is no foam degridation and sound good as ever,
The Memorex High Bias (later called HBII) was a good high bias tape for recording vinyl, but I dont know how well it would handle recording a CD. In the mid 80's Memorex started using screw shells for all their tapes. If you ever see those HBII's cheap on Ebay give them a try. SKC did sell their own cassettes for a few years here in the USA in the late 80's-early 90's. Their CD90 was a pure chrome tape with a really strong crayon smell. It might have been licensed or a copy of BASF's tape.
After listening to your video again on headphones I'm really impressed with the bass response of the dBS. But I've never seen those shells in the USA. Memorex or SKC might have used a slightly better quality tape in those gray shells. I wish you could have tested the "clown cassette" instead.
The CD 90 did a very good job recording cds, results may depend on deck being used.
We Memorex fans like to keep their hidden gems a secret, the skc dbs version will have the different reels with more little holes in them and can make awesome recordings on any mid-grade deck, I remember being very surprised at the sound of the dbs with Dolby B and I could play them back in the cheaper decks with the same awesome sound... I hear the later mrx 1's were even better and they even had metal particle type 2's that matched Denon hd8's sound...
@@frijolechingon5713 I noticed the USA made dBS's had thinner tape than the Korean tape. And I always used Dolby B when recording and turning it off with normal bias tapes because I like the high end boost it added.
@@frijolechingon5713 It's disappointing that USA-made dBS's were the worst quality tapes. I bought a few USA made dB 90's (black shell) and some of the were in the early 80's sealed shells with the foam pad!
The next step for cassette emulation plugins for sound engineering is to record a standardised test signal on every type of cassette and use that compared to the clean digital signal to deduce every archived tapes frequency response / THD characteristics. eg. "Ohhh baby.... I reckon this mix belongs on Memorex... *select in my plugin* Ohhhh yeah. Memorex it is!"
I tried the 110 and it's not even good, it ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, forget what people said.
Okay I need to check it out.
I buy loads of the DBS _Clown_ tapes (SKC versions) as a vaporwave nut they're perfect for recording albums on to listen to in the car, they're consistent and they just suit the style of music! best tape ever? No. Great all round budget tape, yes.
The other day I pulled out a Memorex tape similar to the dBS1 shown from 1991. It had a Denver radio station recorded on it. I found the tape snapped in half. I disassembled it, thinking I could splice it back together. No such luck! I couldn't even find the other end where it had snapped. It was as if the reel was an adhesive! Sad to have lost the recording!
Never had any issues with recording on Memorex of any kind but the MRX1,2 & 3 which I have a lot I ended up transferring the tapes reels into other shells because of the foam pressure pads of the seventies which a lot of them had including my old BASF professional tapes of the same era. Love the FB and DBS from 1984 on wards. The HBII two are great as well. The clown tapes were not bad either and they were popular even into the 90s.
I´ve always liked the more modern, clear-shell Mems...DB-S and/or CD-2..Worth what you have to pay for them- if the batch is big enough. And if they were made by Sunkyong (SKC)...Quite the durable little workhorse, I found..And SO 80s in appearance...
It seems to me like Memorex was neither a good tape, nor a bad tape, but just the most ordinary, average cassette tape you could buy which was widely available.
I always classed the basic Memorex (dBS) cassettes of a similar performance to TDK-D (cheap, everyday use)
Yeah, basically.
Was it memorex that made the tapes with the pictures of spaceships and landing craft on them. I have a memory of them from the late 80s.
It was. I think they were called Sound Invasion.
I miss the DBS1 tape from the 80s.I believe it was my 1st mixed cassette.
I liked the CDX1 it sounded really nice and i still have a big ONKYO rack system to try it on.
Yeah, I have US-made pre-recorded chrome tapes that smell like honey-wax. Also one Germany-made cassette that loaded with US-made tape. All I know its a Dupont chrome tape always have that smell.
In the tests to me the tapes always sound better than the source
I noticed that too, that clown tapes sounded decent and was called the MRX1
I've had good results with the db90s from the late 80s. They sound good and shell looks cool, and the yellow hubs make for a very attractive tape.
This is my first viewing of any of your videos and I just have to say - Wow, impressive demo and a great video. I'm your newest subscriber. I just bought 2 of these CD2 cassettes, sealed.
P.S. - I do still have one of my "clown" cassettes that I recorded onto.
They're good gear those CD2, but are a pure chrome, so make sure you dial them in properly on your recording deck.
@@CassetteComeback Right then, I did pick up on that tip, in your Pure Chrome video. Thank you!
The late 80s/early 90s DBS were and are fantastic for boomboxes, but for their entry level type 1, that was jive. People, including I, used it in their decks at the time and it shed on heads and even now, they sound like crap if you make one on your own stereo component setup. CD2, HB-S, etc. are really good. You can use them on your home stereo, or they are great for out in the car.
Just bought 40 “brand new” dBSI tapes. The edition that comes in the official blue Memorex fabric 10 packs with the zipper 😋
Oh yeah, Memorex tapes had big stars endorse it in ads ( Ella Fitzgerald). But it was shit tape. The"clown" tape were low quality multi packs for budget prices. TDK was all you needed to know. SA or SAX, not the D grade. In a pinch, Maxell XLII. They were very good also. I enjoyed them with my TEAC and AIWA decks using Dolby C. But I recall the tapes that I made were vastly better than the commercially available pre recorded cassettes. Sadly, most people never learned how to properly record a tape.
I used a lot of Memorex cassettes over the years. I don't have many of the recorded tapes that I had over the years got rid of most of them only kept the factory recorded tapes
I like Memorex tapes. I used them a lot back in my cassette days.
I did not have many of those older ones from the 70s, but I had enough of them to know about the disintegrating felt pad and other flaws.
I liked the "clown cassette" (hahaha, I never heard that reference til now - that's a keeper), but mainly for the clear shells. I would often swap out the "clowny" slip sheets inside for clear or black ones. Depending on the use, I might even swap out those yellow hubs for traditional white or black.
Don't, they're now an icon...
www.cassettecomeback.com/collections/t-shirts/products/cassette-comeback-mix-tape-t-shirt
Unless "icon" means they're worth something in terms of "collector" value, I'm not concerned, lol.
I really like the aesthetic of the 80's "clown tape" as you called it. But after all, I am a girl. I remember having some of my mums old tapes when I was a child.
Nicely done video. It would be fun to see a brief test of those kitschy early '80s dBS tapes.
That shell... I have two ECRON (made in Spain) type I with the very same shell, the same SKC rollers, the same leaders with oblique blue stripes :)
SKC made for more brands that I'd care to mention.
I bought some of their tapes, and although they held up well thru the years, and I still have them? The normal bias tapes were just marginal. They used to sell some 120 min tapes, too.
None of my old reel to reel tape has degraded in the last 50 years, but every chrome or metal cassette tape i used around the 80' and 90' has degraded. All my ferric Type I cassette are still good, in repro and even if i record something new over the old recordings. Only very few "That's" and TDK chrome and metal tape are survived. All my tapes have never been exposed to moisture and dust.
All my older memorex from early 80s bit the dust in mid 80s i still have the 3 clownies though
6:47 Wow! Indeed it is an SKC! I have one SKC CD II cassette, its shell looks exactly as of this Memorex. But who told people that cassettes with "for CD recording" label or named as "CD" are bad to deal with? I have also TDK CDing I tape, I could make very goodd quality recording from vinyl record on it. "CD" on the label absolutely doesn't mean the casette is bad for analog sources or bad in tape quality or so.
It doesn't, that's why I'm trying to say, but a lot of people see "CD" on a wrapper and believe that it is therefore a late cassette and so the quality isn't there any more, which simply isn't the case.
The CDing or CD it to me is a bunch of wank labelling, I personally don't like the CD format, the digital artefacts are still noticeable on the tape copy
Oh shit i got that one from the right.
They're ok.
@@CassetteComeback the memorex "clown" cassette, in its original packaging unopened , thanks for the quick reply sir, u got my respect.
Are those RCA blank cassettes that were made between 1998 - 2001 any good?
Avoid the yellow DB ones unless you don't mind taking them apart. What happens on those is that the lubricant or whatever on the plastic film strips inside between the reels and shell gets sticky with age, and causes the tape to bind up inside the shell. You can open the shell and flip them around so the slick side faces out, but it's not really worth it unless it's a 'priceless' recording. The earlier black DB's don't have this problem.
Every memorex i've ever used has had bad dropouts, but those cd2's look very interesting!!
Great demo. I was hoping for a mention of the MRXI but alas I am now disappointed. Underrated tape in my opinion. I have a couple that had the desentegrated foam pad so I broke the shell open and moved the tape into the early 90s clown shells and voila- trash transformed to treasure
I may well do another Memorex video and feature the MRXIS. I think that is really underrated.
Thank you for doing this, I will look for these Memorex DBS and the CD. I'm having problem with the BASF CREII the older ones. I'm having a problem getting it Bias up without distortion on my Nakamichi RX-505. The issue with the NAK is biasing is manual and harder to bias, no test tones. Where there problems with earlier versions of this chrome tape. I have had no issues with any other tape at least so far.
Ah, so the Blue Monday 1988 cassette is on a memorex DBS
I still have my clown tapes. Lol
I lived by those clown tapes in H.S and they sounded really nice.
They made all different types and they have some good ones...
Ah yes, the clown tapes. These were tapes that I could actually afford. I didn't like how noisy they were and I was just never a big fan of Dolby, so my memories of them are kind of jaded. I still have one or two kicking around, but I mostly used them to give away to people who could care less. I should give them a listen on a nice deck to see what they really sound like.
I had bad dropouts with the clown tapes but they do last a long time
excellent video! as a musician who just needs good type ii cassettes for my multi track machines, besides the TDK SA60/90 or Maxell Xlii 60/90( non grey non black and gold) which is the best ive used..I get great results with all the late 90s CD branded type ii cassettes! the Hi Fi collectors hate them but too me they are the freshest tapes i can get and they perform very well for my needs. the TDK CDing tapes are also great tapes and ive even been impressed by the Sony CD-IT. perhaps you could do a video on Fuji Tapes? They are another sleeper brand i get cheap for my 4/8 track recorders and they perform very well! I know YMO were sponsors for them in japan in the early 80s as well despite the fact most of their music used early digital studio recording as far back as 1979, Kinda ironic.
I’ve found the absolute best tape I’ve used for cassette multitracking is Maxell XLii-S. You’re right about the fuji tapes, though, they’re actually pretty good!
I absolutely adore my late 80's large window fuji dr ii for 4-track recording. Just ordered some of these cd2's, can't wait to hear how they sound
I’ve got four NOS CD2 60s and just picked up a bunch of still sealed HBII 60s for the multitrack cassette deck. Hoping they work out!
I have a Memorex HB II, the hubs have 4 holes instead of 3, and the leader doesn't have any stripes on it.
Pure Chrome and Pure Cobalt used in the compound with no added other compound extras thats a good cassette.
my first and only memorex had a weird box, it opened in a L shape, never saw these again. Mine was stolen around 1985...
I did another Memorex video after this. That had that type of case.
I use the memorex cd and it truly is an excellent tape. Could you make a video on Scotch later known as 3m? I have quite a few of those still sealed.
I'll get round to all the brands eventually, don't worry 😉
@@CassetteComeback Thanks! Looking forward to it.
Could you tell me what song is used for your demo, starting at around 12:00? I love it. Thanks in advance.
I do mention it. It's in the UA-cam audio library. It's called the emperor's army I think.
@@CassetteComeback Sorry that I missed it. But thanks very much!
Tony, is there a Memorex-manufactured Type II cassette before they outsourced production?
Yes. I've found the 70s ones I've used, like the blue one in this video to be unusable.
@@CassetteComeback Ah, my apologies. I didn't realize the blue one was a type 2. Was up too late watching your videos haha. :-) That's a shame. I was rooting for Memorex.
I thought that dbs with the Dolby S sounded quite good. Do you think they would do rock music as well as the style you were playing?
Don't see why not.
I purchased some Memorex in the early 90s.....it was the first tape my Nak CR7 couldn't Auto Calibrate. It would try but would then flash error. Never used them again.
If a CR-7 couldn't auto cal it, nothing could. Might have been a duff one.
Please make a video sometime on how to properly erase previously recorded cassettes.
I'd like this, also. I'm finding that some historic audio remains after attempting to record over with silence.
Are you recording over them with music or just trying to make them blank? If you have a deck with just a static magnet as an erase head (I'm thinking modern decks) then that might be the cause. Decks with a proper electronic erase head won't leave enough remnants to be audible if your record music over them.
@@CassetteComeback Nice insight! So modern decks have static magnet eraser heads where as older ones have electronic erase heads? Is there a way to tell before buying a deck?
Basically if it was made in the last 10 years, chances are it has just a magnet.
@@CassetteComeback Those magnet erase heads are garbage, AC erase is a must, those magnet heads or DC erase heads leave crackles on the leader tape
Hey Tony! You've probably covered this.. but if not, it deserves a video! Have you seen the brand new Memorex tapes that Best Buy is selling? All 5-star reviews. The worst looking type zeros. Destroying the reputation of the Memorex name, and cassettes in general, for the newcomers 👎
They're not available in the UK, but if they're anything like those of ONN cassettes...🤮
2 week immfound 2 blank new tape like the right version and is brand new is awesome
I have one or two memorex ciré II. I need to test them.
yes some were and are surpricing
one day we will need hundreds of sponges with metal stripes, ahve not seen them made today for replacement
Can you please do a video on why cassette tapes get eaten up in tape players? I am curious on why Memorex tapes get eaten up more than the Maxell, Sony, TDK or BASF cassette tapes do. I notice that the Maxell cassette tapes can get eaten up from fast forwarding them or rewinding them sometimes from once in a while.
+blaizejosh. That's just the luck of the draw. If you have tape munching issues it is almost always the deck that needs cleaning, PINCH ROLLERS IN PARTICULAR. Residue on the roller or capstan can get tacky enough to stick to a piece of tape as it makes contact and pulls the tape around itself and out of the cassette. 99% of the time. Qtips and denatured alcohol are your friends!
Those gawd-awful ubiquitous memorex dbs with the pink and yellow were some of the worst tapes I ever used. Dropout city, noisy, just generally no good (for anything but lofi or voice, etc, anyway). I actually had a couple of old ones from back in the day, and they didn’t hold up well, have actually tossed them bc it seemed they were shedding so much. Interesting to see the type 2’s and other memorex offerings though, I’ve yet to see or try any of those.
Hey Ive got a NAD deck with Type I, II, and IV bias settings as well as record level control. Which setting would I use to record on the CD2? Great videos.
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Thanks! Maybe you could do a video regarding choosing cassettes for specific decks.
Will it have my old one which has been batttered by a kid me which looked sexy on the shell at least until you looked down on the pad and say oh dear this is a Type 0.
Nah the model I had was exactly like the blue one underneith but was a Grey Type 1 version Type 0 from their crap no metel cushon 0 range.
I really liked the look of the grey one until you heard the sound and seen the cushon as well.
Edit: Hang on my one could be one of the second ones you have not shown yet on the next screen though. lol
Hopefully they don't sound as droney and warpy as my one did in the days after battering it with no cover on a lot as a kid.
Ok mine was a good but no frills top of the line gem ones this looks like a good video it's going to get exciting seeing how it sounded before mine got crap and maybe yours did have the head on a metel thing although mine didn't as well which means you might have got a better tape version of my tape anyway if you did haven't got there yet.
Yep that looks better than my one I remember my one having that glued on head unless it was yet again another different one I had multiple quirky shells some of them even have no pads at all now so I can't remember the damn head other than the one I do remember it being lued on but I still have them.
I’ve heard horror stories about old memorex MRX3 Oxide cassettes, but I wanted to ask anyway. Anybody got any input on these? I read somewhere that they had foam pressure pads that would rot and the tape didn’t sound very good (high noise floor, poor response). They were manufactured in 1970.
Depends on storage. Yes, this is the case for many, but I have a video with early NOS MRX2 and they work fine. How long they will remain like that now they've been opened...
@@CassetteComeback I just read that Memorex MRX3 Oxide tends to suffer from disintegrating pressure pads, unfortunately. Since they are sealed shells, you may have to get creative and scrape away the old pad with a Stanley knife, and then insert a piece of the adhesive pad (furniture protector or whatever they are called). They jam so badly that even the strongest tape deck’s, which will never consume tapes, will end-up chewing them up, and spitting them out! Even Tandberg 3014A that has the tightest transport won’t be able to broadcast it well. The result: A broken capstan belt! I read that someone has complained about how MRX3 Oxide has destroyed his Tandberg 3014, and because of that, he had to replace the capstan belt. He also said that it’s a real bitch to change it on those machines due to its four motor drive mechanism complexity and its structure! It takes the whole day to fix it. The mechanism is equally complicated like at eumig up 1000.
I scored a 10 pack of clown tapes for a dollar
Used them for tape loops.
Does they have good quality? I got two
@@bryanotero123 6/10. I use them for loops or donor shells.
What is that track?
ua-cam.com/users/audiolibrary_download?vid=9f10eb9b53d53950
It's from the UA-cam royalty free library.
It's called "The Emperor's Army"
Would the same tape that's in the CD2 also be in the Scotch XSII?
No from my experience, SKC did Ferro cobalt Type 2 as well (QX Series) which is what I believe is in the XSII.
wait clown tapes uses skc or Saehan style.
First quick observation (before I forget) - that pad at 1:21 is a poor design. I have some Scotch tapes with similar pads, and even my DR10 doesn't like them.
Yeah, but I don't think when they made them they thought people would be trying to play them decades later.
Denon made the best cassette tapes.
I've never had a bad Denon. "Best" however is a personal opinion.
Brilliant video! I'm a big cassette fan. Nice deck your using. I use restored technics M10 decks. Basic but superb.
It is still not available in EU despite of your video ;( $30-40 for a delivery from the US is like they love to stay in pan**mic forever and earn crazy money.
Memorex so good at marketing should embrace they’re hiss and exchange the guy in the chair for a snake character and call themself king of the hiss 🐍😆
I would guess that >>> Memorex CD2 = SKC CD
Tony,what’s the name of the tune at 16.02,it’s fantastic🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
From The UA-cam Royalt Free Library, it's called The Emperor's Army
Cassette Comeback Thanks Tony,great tune.Do you see my list that I’m ordering from you next month??🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Oh, one more thing Tony, have you ever tried to record and playback a cassette tape on a *dual capstan* machine without a tape pad??? ;o)
No. I'm lucky enough that I Don't actually have any cassettes that have deteriorated pads.
@@CassetteComeback If you look at your DR10, and probably your (dual capstan) Dragon/ZX9? etc - you should see a "tape-pad lifter" which is fitted on to the replay head - effectively your Naks are recording and playing back without a tape pad. Which is why I raise the point. ;o)
It is also a good test to see if Nakamachi has correctly aligned the heads regarding the plane-to-plane mating up of tape and head. Otherwise the tape will try to roll off and on a bit, creasing the tape. This lack of tape pad use may effectively reduce tape-head wear too?
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I use my memorex clown tape for atari games
Is it live or is it Memorex! ua-cam.com/video/32X8sFAlDZM/v-deo.html
Mi relationship with Memorex was love and hate. Smell Chrome: rite!
LOL I remember that MEMOREX smell.
I hated memorex, was, is it live? no its memorex
crx2=boots
MEMOREX??
FORGOTEX!! 😊
Hahahaha 1997 style for sure. Looks like the Ford automobiles of the era.
Yeah, like the contour 😀
Great channel. Can you please sub my channel, I am also in to vintage audio, thanks.
Hated em, these were the spawn of satan
Yep they were rubbish, good ad though
Joshmnm3o joshmnm2 😂😅❤
is it live or is it memorex 😂😂, those tapes were junk😂😂