Review on 🎧 Maxell 108575: High-Quality Audio Cassettes with Low Noise Surface - 90 Minute Recording Brick Packs, 7 Tapes Per Pack by Loren Schmidt

This review is for Maxell UR-90 cartridges, which I have purchased more than one pack of. Yes, the audio is usually quite good, but there were frequent instances where the audio was dull and uneven at the start of playback. It's a bit tricky to diagnose, but I believe the culprit is the tape, not the cassette deck. That's why. I have a fairly new cassette deck (a good 2 cassette Teac) that plays cassettes (about a dozen) I recorded on my previous deck (was also a Teac) thirty years ago (Maxell and TDK tapes with normal offset), plays flawlessly every time and they sound as dynamic as the original recording. No interference, ever! The new cassettes reviewed here are RECORDED ON MY NEW DECK (so you'd think there's increased compatibility when played back) regularly plays poorly (that dull thumping/wow noise) for the first few minutes of playback. A real disappointment. I am convinced that this cassette format, which I like but is no longer "modern" these days, suffers in quality with these Maxell tapes compared to their predecessors that Maxell once produced. (Could be a belt, mechanism, or both.) It's a shame to say that. I'm grateful that Maxell still makes cartridges, but it's a shame the current product can't match the rock-solid reliability of its decades-old cartridge ancestors. They don't make them like they used to. Nowadays, the quality of these reviewed Maxell tapes suffers compared to their predecessors that Maxell manufactured. (Perhaps a belt, mechanism, or both). It's a shame to say that. I'm grateful that Maxell still makes cartridges, but it's a shame the current product can't match the rock-solid reliability of its decades-old cartridge ancestors. They don't make them like they used to. Nowadays, the quality of these respected Maxell tapes suffers compared to their predecessors that Maxell manufactured. (Could be a belt, mechanism, or both.) It's a shame to say that. I'm thankful Maxell still makes cartridges, but it's a shame that the current product cannot match the unwavering reliability of its decades-old cassette ancestors. They don't make them like they used to. that the current product does not match the unwavering reliability of its ten-year-old predecessor cartridges. They don't make them like they used to. Nowadays, the quality of these respected Maxell tapes suffers compared to their predecessors that Maxell manufactured. (Could be a belt, mechanism, or both.) It's a shame to say that. I'm grateful that Maxell still makes cartridges, but it's a shame the current product can't match the rock-solid reliability of its decades-old cartridge ancestors. They don't make them like they used to. that the current product does not match the unwavering reliability of its ten-year-old predecessor cartridges. They don't make them like they used to. Nowadays, the quality of these reviewed Maxell tapes suffers compared to their predecessors that Maxell manufactured. (Could be a belt, mechanism, or both.) It's a shame to say that. I'm grateful that Maxell still makes cartridges, but it's a shame the current product can't match the rock-solid reliability of its decades-old cartridge ancestors. They don't make them like they used to. that the current product does not match the unwavering reliability of its ten-year-old predecessor cartridges. They don't make them like they used to. that the current product does not match the unwavering reliability of its ten-year-old predecessor cartridges. They don't make them like they used to.