Maxell UR 90 Normal Bias Blank Audio Recording Cassette Tape, Low Noise, 90 Minute Recording Time, 5 Pack

These tapes are pretty nice! Finding new blanks that are relatively affordable and decent quality isn't the easiest thing to do, and these are a great baseline for just that. 45 minutes on each side is plenty of time for most things - it's a comfortable length for mixes or possibly even two shorter albums. Quality control on the tape itself has been good so far, I've only used one pack but all 5 tapes have been consistent without too much noise and no real need for Dolby NR. I've noticed that these tapes don't saturate quite as well as others, though - if you like to push your recordings for that extra bit of tape saturation when you play them back, these simply don't do it very much (to my ear). The cases come with stickers to label your tapes, and the paper insert has a tracklist section on the back and a spot to label the spine. The tracklist is a little short - 9 entries per side is generally not enough for mixes full of 3-5 minute songs, and you may have to double up if you're particular about labelling everything like I am. My biggest gripe with these is the clear cases - in shipping, they tend to get damaged and may crack. I got lucky and only had one that broke, and thankfully the case is still fully functional but looks kinda bad. I know other reviews have had the same problem, though. If you're planning on listening on a high quality deck with full speakers, you may benefit from Type II tape, but for casual listening in the car or on a portable player, these will work great for your homemade tapes. Just make sure you have a half-decent deck to get the most out of your recordings. My biggest gripe with these and the reason why I've only bought them once, is that they're kind of boring. At this point, if you're listening to tapes, you're in it for the nostalgia factor of actually having a physical thing holding your favorite music. This particular brand of tapes just doesn't have much character aesthetically or sonically, which is good or bad depending on your taste. I've since turned to buying new old stock on ebay and it definitely scratches the itch more. Just something to consider if you care how your tapes look and feel in your hand. If you need decent, cheap, brand new blank tapes, these are a pretty solid option!

I used to use these cassettes many years ago. I had a request for a Christmas gift for empty cassettes. I knew this was the brand I was getting. I have only heard that these were awesome and they still sound as good as they ever did. He has recorded most of his on the cassettes and has 3 more blank cassettes. He is in 70’s and has no problem using them. He loves that the amount of songs they hold were bigger than he thought and I will probably be getting more for him. He says the quality of the songs are very good and even better than his expectation. He likes these verses the ones he has.

There is not a wide variety of choice when it comes to buying blank cassette tapes nowadays. We had more choice in the late 80s and early 90s but now we only have a few manufacturers left, fortunately we have two of my favorite TDK and Maxell, and these blank cassettes are my favorite. I use a vintage Sony WE 305 cassette deck with Dolby NR and my recordings come out very nice, when I'm not using the high bias tapes of the same brand I use these. Other no name cassettes give you a lot of noise and hissing, but these are pretty good and give you nice quality for voice and music. I'm hoping as popularity grows the price will also come down

I would give this 4 1/2 stars but 5 dose it . I got this and the sound was a little muffled but besides that it’s a awesome cassette i recorded songs about Jane and will do more. As a person that has never recorded music on to a cassette this i figured out easily. In the photo i was recording a cd on to the cassette

Chances are you only think these are good because you don't have much to compare them with. A well made cassette from 30 years ago will perform considerably better. I used to be a "Premium Type I" sort of guy like Sony HF-S, TDK-AR, etc. Compared to those this is like one of those "good for dictation" type of cassettes. No offense to Maxell - I appreciate the fact that they're still making cassettes and I do use these but I don't expect a premium experience. For a premium experience I'm still using vintage tapes. I still have some sealed Sonys from back in the day. Considering these are brand new and inexpensive they do represent a good value. I wish Maxell would re-introduce super ferric tapes like their old XLI line.

Pretty good product, you get 5 cassettes total and works well with the cassette player i got.

Recording music onto them and the sound is perfect on playback. Ill eventually buy more as time goes by.

Easy to use, great quality recording, 90 minutes total recording time per tape.

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Great product

Que nostalgia de verdad me dió comprar estos casettes, súper buenos la verdad y muy divertido regresar a esa época de grabarlos. Excelente producto, la calidad es buena!

Genuine and good quality

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