Maxell XL-II C60 Blank Audio Cassette Tape (2 pack) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Like another reviewer on the 90-Minute 5 Pack item, I can verify that these tapes have too much drag in the mechanism. On my Nakamichi BX-300, they frequently stop during recording or playback. It's a tension problem, wherein a high end deck will purposefully stop advancing the tape to avoid breakage; basically, it thinks the tape is stuck. Cheapo decks that do not have this feature may work fine with these tapes. I've had no problem with other, commercially available cassettes on this deck.My advice, if you have these tapes, is to run them a bit before you record to them. Pop 'em in your deck and fast forward the entire tape, then rewind fully. Maybe a few times. With one tape, after recording one side just fine it was stopping every 3 seconds no matter where I started from on the opposite side, until I performed the above. YMMV. Recorded audio sounds fine.I would add that these are recommended in the Nakamichi owner's manual. Go figure.

These Maxell UDXLs were always the best for making quality tapes. Recently bought a 97 Lincoln TC with cassette player and now I record off old LPs to have great car music, after I found a great Pioneer twin deck at a yard sale for $10!!

Although the technology for cassette tapes is almost defunct, if you still have a player you probably want tape. For most cassette machines Type 2 tape is needed. This was the best of the bunch back in the olden days, although 90's instead of 60's would have been nice. The price is double what it was when more available, but soon these will not be available at all.

I PURCHASED ONE PACK OF TWO MAXELL AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES. GREAT CLARITY WITH LITTLE TAPE HISS. ONE CAN RECORD COMPACT DISCS WITH GREAT PLAYBACK. I ALSO LIKE THESE FOR HIGH QUALITY VINYL RECORDING.

yeah, well, tapes are tapes.

This particular brand of Maxell XLII C60 may say made in Japan on the wrapper, but I will tell you that these were made for 2002 -2005 market. Anyone who knows the manufacturing history of Maxell cassette in Japan should know that Maxell stopped production of Maxell XLII tapes in 1998. Maxell U.S. took over the production and outsourced the assembly in foreign countries. The question here is; How long did Maxell Japan continue to supply raw XLII tape to these outsourced assembly operations. Was the quality of XLII continued in the tapes supplied or was there a change in formulation to produce a more economical tape to save cost? I would have to say yes. So this leaves us with cassette tapes that came on the market after 1999 not meeting the performance of what was once the original 1980's XLII not to mention design changes in the cassette shell that eliminated the once superior HR (High Resonance proof) cassette mechanism employing the DD slip sheet. And lastly, that wrapper was the last design created by Maxell for the 2002-2005 production line which clearly identifies this the last version of XLII. I have used this version of XLII for recording recently and I will tell you that the sound performance is fair. Some of these do have a tendency to stick while running in record or play, but then again they aren't the XLII from Japan. So if you want to take a chance and buy these only because they have the Maxell name knock yourself out. In my opinion they are no better that the el cheapo tapes you once could buy at your local thrift store for $1.98.