It’s been boggling my mind lately how much excellent NOS name brand cassette high bias tape has been selling for peanuts on eBay. I don’t know if eBay has just become too convoluted to search for the average person or what (Which it certainly has compared to years past), but man lately I’ve been watching boxes and boxes of new Maxell XLII almost given away because no one is bidding. The 60 and 90-minute lengths are the best for portastudios. 60-minute is usually a bit harder to find. I’ve been getting incredible deals, but I just had to pass on the last couple even though they were steals. As tough as it is to watch these things go, I’m on the verge of needing to rent a storage building if I don’t stop buying cassettes. I’ve got so much sealed NOS Maxell, TDK and Fuji at this point I’ll be leaving it to my kids in my will.
Check these out:
Seven New Maxell XLII 90 for less than $13.00 including shipping. (1 bid)
Maxell High Bias XLII Audio Cassette 90 Minutes Black Magnetite 7 Pack Sealed | eBay
Ten New Maxell XLII 90 for just under $19.00 including shipping. (2 bids)
MAXELL XLII 90 AUDIO CASSETTES | eBay
Ten New Maxell XLII 90 for less than $15.00 including shipping. (3 bids)
Maxell XL II 90-minute cassette tapes (10-pack!!!) | eBay
And here’s the craziest one of all… and it even ran the duration, not Buy-it-Now
20 New sealed Maxell XLII 60 for $15.49, including shipping (only 3 bids)
That’s 77 cents per tape… Holy Crap!
MAXELL High Bias XL11 Sealed Audio Cassette Tape 20 Lot New Sealed 60 Minutes | eBay
I see a lot of people complaining about not being able to find type II tape, but you guys are just asleep at the wheel. And sure there’s the usual crazy high priced enemies of analog sellers who should be shot
but you just have to wade through those assholes and you’ll find plenty of good reasonably priced tape. All the above is the last of the Maxell XLII before they stopped making it, but the tape is made in Japan, the cassette shells made in USA and assembled in Mexico. I have great results with it. No complaints at all.