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Ace Rob
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:
Buying cassette tapes by the bulk? |
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Hey everyone,
Is there a way I can buy some high bias TDK tapes by the bulk (like 25
or 50 or even 100 tapes at once) so I can get a cheaper price per tape?
Or would there be not that much of a difference is price anyway when
you add in shipping and handling charges? I was disappointed with what
I saw on eBay.
Thanks,
Rob
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Scott Dorsey
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:
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Ace Rob <ace.rob@hushmail.com> wrote:
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Is there a way I can buy some high bias TDK tapes by the bulk (like 25
or 50 or even 100 tapes at once) so I can get a cheaper price per tape?
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Sure. Call Tape Warehouse in Atlanta. Ask for the studio price.
They usually have a fairly low minimum. On pancakes the big price
break is at 200 units, but I don't know what it's like for cassettes.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Stuart Welwood
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:
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Try the Cassette House at http://www.tape.com.
Stuart
"Ace Rob" <ace.rob@hushmail.com> wrote in message
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Hey everyone,
Is there a way I can buy some high bias TDK tapes by the bulk (like 25
or 50 or even 100 tapes at once) so I can get a cheaper price per tape?
Or would there be not that much of a difference is price anyway when
you add in shipping and handling charges? I was disappointed with what
I saw on eBay.
Thanks,
Rob
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Arny Krueger
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject:
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"Ace Rob" <ace.rob@hushmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131812456.955113.188490@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
| Quote: | Hey everyone,
Is there a way I can buy some high bias TDK tapes by the
bulk (like 25 or 50 or even 100 tapes at once) so I can
get a cheaper price per tape? Or would there be not that
much of a difference is price anyway when you add in
shipping and handling charges? I was disappointed with
what I saw on eBay.
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Check with the retailers who cater to the church trade such
as Long's.
Also, surf google.
"high bias TDK tapes" got me a number of interesting offers. |
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Mike Rivers
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject:
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Ace Rob wrote:
| Quote: | Is there a way I can buy some high bias TDK tapes by the bulk (like 25
or 50 or even 100 tapes at once) so I can get a cheaper price per tape?
Or would there be not that much of a difference is price anyway when
you add in shipping and handling charges? I was disappointed with what
I saw on eBay.
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eBay is no place to buy tape. If you want the cheapest price, find a
duplication house that uses the type of tape that you want and order
bulk-loaded shells. You can specify the length (as long as it will fit)
if you don't need something other than the standard 60 or 90 minutes.
It's like buying bulk CDs - you have to buy the boxes and labels
separately, or not, if you don't need them. Cassette House or Tape
Warehouse are good sources for all the materials and also sell
commercially boxed tape in larger quantities than your local Circuit
City.
You may have difficulty finding bulk loaded cassettes with popular
brand names, but it's good quality tape stock. And at half a buck for a
C60 vs. two bucks, you can probaby afford to have your cassette deck
aligned to the type of tape that you buy in bulk and get optimum
performance from it. |
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Ace Rob
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject:
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Also, I appreciate everybody's suggestions. One thing I neglected to
mention is that I want to purchase cassettes for a Tascam 488 MKII
8-track, and you can't easily adjust the bias on that machine.
Tape.com looks like a great resource except for the fact that the bias
may be different than TDK tapes. Or would it really not matter all
that much? What do you think? |
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Mike Rivers
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:
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Ace Rob wrote:
| Quote: | I want to purchase cassettes for a Tascam 488 MKII
8-track, and you can't easily adjust the bias on that machine.
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Maybe YOU can't - it's not easy to align any tape deck, and you need a
calibration tape and some test equipment in any case, plus the
documentation you need in order to find the adjustments - but there are
authorized TASCAM service stations and other qualified repair shops
that can do it for you.
Spend the money and eliminate the doubt. |
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William Sommerwerck
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:05 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | I want to purchase cassettes for a Tascam 488 MKII
8-track, and you can't easily adjust the bias on that machine.
Maybe YOU can't - it's not easy to align any tape deck, and you need a
calibration tape and some test equipment in any case, plus the
documentation you need in order to find the adjustments - but there are
authorized TASCAM service stations and other qualified repair shops
that can do it for you.
Spend the money and eliminate the doubt.
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One other point... You're assuming the deck has a wide enough range of bias,
EQ, and record level settings to accomodate "any" tape. This is true of a
Nakamichi or Tandberg, but it might not be true of a TASCAM 8-track deck.
Pick several tapes you can get in bulk, then buy one or two samples of each,
and see whether the machine can be adjusted for them. This will also give
you the opportunity to see whether there are significant differences in
performances. In addition to the obvious things such as frequency response,
S/N, distortion, saturation, dropouts, etc, you should pay special to HF
stability at the edge tracks (1 & 8). |
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Andy Eng
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:42 am Post subject:
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Hello Rob,
I last bought cassette tape blanks at www.wmsales.com for our Tascam
238. They're still in business too. We went the Maxell route, 15 & 30
minute blanks, but they probably carry TDK also. Probably got enough
to last the rest of its life! :-)
Best,
Andy |
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Les Cargill
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:07 am Post subject:
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Ace Rob wrote:
| Quote: | Also, I appreciate everybody's suggestions. One thing I neglected to
mention is that I want to purchase cassettes for a Tascam 488 MKII
8-track, and you can't easily adjust the bias on that machine.
Tape.com looks like a great resource except for the fact that the bias
may be different than TDK tapes. Or would it really not matter all
that much? What do you think?
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Maxell XLII should work on a 488 MkII. They used to, anyway. Tape
Warehouse has 'em in bulk. For that matter, so should
the TDK SA or TDK SA-X .
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Les Cargill |
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Ace Rob
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:23 am Post subject:
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Les Cargill wrote:
| Quote: | Ace Rob wrote:
Also, I appreciate everybody's suggestions. One thing I neglected to
mention is that I want to purchase cassettes for a Tascam 488 MKII
8-track, and you can't easily adjust the bias on that machine.
Tape.com looks like a great resource except for the fact that the bias
may be different than TDK tapes. Or would it really not matter all
that much? What do you think?
Maxell XLII should work on a 488 MkII. They used to, anyway. Tape
Warehouse has 'em in bulk. For that matter, so should
the TDK SA or TDK SA-X .
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Actually, I already own a 424 standard, and although the manual (I
THINK) also recommends the TDK tapes, I have been using the Maxell XLII
tapes, and yeah, they're fine. But I figured that since I'll be
getting such a nice multitracker (the 488 mkII, to be delivered soon),
I'd get REALLY picky with the kind of cassettes I'd buy.
What's your opinion? Will there be any audible difference between the
TDK and Maxell cassettes? Or should I just go with price and
availability? |
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Scott Dorsey
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:10 am Post subject:
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Ace Rob <ace.rob@hushmail.com> wrote:
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What's your opinion? Will there be any audible difference between the
TDK and Maxell cassettes? Or should I just go with price and
availability?
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If you don't set the bias for the tape, there will be audible differences
not only between brands but between batches of the same tape type. And
the tape that sounds better won't always be the highest quality tape either.
--scott
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