📼 Maxell XLII-S High Bias Audio Cassette Tape - 100 Minutes Review

The package arrived with the original slide and the capture is as perfect as expected. I'll buy a few more for the future.

After using different brands of audio cassettes I found that Maxell XL11S is by far the best and the tape, case and mechanism are excellent.

Having used various brands of audio cassettes I have found the Maxell XL11S to be by far the best and the tape, case and mechanism are excellent.

(Best of the Best) Maxell High Bias XLll-S 100 vs TDK SA-X 100. I bought these audio cassettes and did a test to see which one is better and this is my opinion/conclusion: (a) Both bands are of solid construction and the mechanics are of excellent quality. The mechanism in the TDK is slightly better, the Maxell tape case is more durable. (b) The TDK tape case looks better but shows fingerprints. (c) In terms of performance, both offer great sound reproduction, the bass is tight and the mids and

When used with a 30 year old Sony deck, the result was not what I expected. I had the same old Maxell cassette I tried and it sounded pretty bad, but I also remember how cassettes sounded (that cassette sound?). Decided to try new stocks (hadn't bought a cassette in decades!). It was incredibly good! A lot of people these days are looking for cassette lo-fi stuff. I really haven't heard much. Yes, some bass roll-off, treble smoothing (as you'd expect), and a very slight "glue" if you listen…