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

These blank cassette tapes worked perfectly for recording and preserving music. The sound quality is clear, recording is consistent, and the tapes play back without any issues. They feel well made and have performed just as expected in my cassette recorder. Whether you’re making mixtapes, recording audio, or adding to a collection, these are a great value for the money. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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!

Not a high bias tape, but works really well for my application of intentional lo-fi listening. Having a lot of fun cooking up new tapes on my deck. Playback sounds good. Maxell makes a great product today just like they did in the 80s. I’ll buy more

Tape used for basic music recording. Good playback sound.

The cassettes are perfect! The only downside is that the cases arrived somewhat damaged, since the packaging is just a thin plastic wrap. One case clearly took an impact, which slightly sheared the cassette inside it, and a couple of cases have loose hinges which cause the case to not stay securely closed (I suspect this is also due to whatever impact happened in transit). This didn't affect the functionality or playback quality of the cassettes though. Great for the value but if you want a pristine product then you can't rely on standard shipping.

As described and high quality. Too long for most albums but great for extra long mix tapes.

Fantastic product

Bought these to make mixtapes for my friends birthday using a jvc cassette dubber. Had some trouble at first but that was user error, once I got it working the recording performance was incredible. Good sound quality and decent value for the money. Could probably use for voice recordings but I only needed to put music on them.

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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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Production moderne en concurrence avec RTM, ATR et NAC (les bandes reçues datent de 02/2025 d’après le code interne Maxell), il est donc possible de comparer les derniers fabricants de bandes fraîches… Ces Maxell sont excellentes: le niveau d’entrée à l’enregistrement et à la sortie est identique, rare en NOS (vu principalement sur Maxell et TDK, parfois BASF), seul RTM y parvenait dans les productions récentes alors qu’ATR et NAC rendent un niveau plus bas. Le bias de ma platine n'étant pas affinable, les NAC ne répondent pas à la norme de type I bien que déclarées comme telles. Les paramètres type II dégradent encore plus le son chez les deux producteurs américains. Est-ce leurs normes environnementales qui les freinent? Un tel écart est difficilement compréhensible. La bande a une couleur assez proche de mes anciennes UR des années 2000, elle est légèrement plus claire. Cependant elles rendent plus d’aiguës que les RTM mais n’encaissent qu’un niveau de +3.5 dB avant de saturer. Les anciennes UR pouvaient monter à +4 comme les RTM modernes. En comparaison, les ATR saturent à +1.5 sur mon deck, les NAC à 1 db. Je place donc ces Maxell un poil en dessous des RTM mais le rapport qualité/prix en font le premier choix. ATR et NAC nécessiteraient peut-être un bias moins élevé signe que la bande a beaucoup moins de sensibilité. Je ne testerai pas les productions chinoises vus les mauvais retours généralisés. Comparativement aux faiblesses des productions modernes, Maxell fait une continuité qualitative intéressante pour bien moins cher que RTM. Tout dépend donc de votre consommation de rubans. Seul problème, mais ce n’est pas eux, Amazon n’a pas suffisamment protégé l’envoi et un boîtier est arrivé cassé. Il semble que d’autres ont aussi eu ce soucis. Cependant vous êtes certain d’avoir des bandes récentes et pas un NOS (plus cher en plus pour les Maxell) dont vous ne connaîtrez pas les conditions de conservation. Vous pouvez donc acheter cette référence les yeux fermés. Dernière remarques pour les personnes qui se plaignent des Maxell modernes. Vérifiez peut-être que vos machines sont encore correctement étalonnées et n'ont pas déviées surtout si vous avez changé les courroies sans passer par un technicien formé. Contrôlez aussi le magnétisme qui pourrait avoir modifié le bias et la propreté de votre tête d'enregistrement. Je reviendrai sur le commentaire si les lots s'avèrent inconstants.