7 Cassettes In 7 Days - Day 1 - Memorex MRXIS

In this video I unwrap a Memorex MRXIS. Have a look inside and put it through it's paces.
Deck Used : Nakamichi CR-7
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[@colsmusic]

This is going to be better than any series on Netflix

[@anthonyperkins7556]

I remember those Memorex MRXIS cassettes at Tandy stores, when calibrated and biased correctly on suitable cassette decks, you got excellent quality recordings from them.

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

Very cool, always nice to see new vids from you Tony. 😎👍

[@JD-lk7im]

Hi Tony and all. We used to sell these in Tandy back in the day. Ive got a few chrome Memorex CRX 90 s kicking about...still sound good after all this time. Thanks mate.

[@robetclo2516]

I love your videos. In a way they are very informative. With the wide variety of names and types sometimes we can get lost therefore what you're showing us is how we those tapes are performing.

[@lesgl]

In the mid '80's my parents and I ran a furniture electrical franchise called Patersons in outback Australia and the main blank cassette tape we sold was the Agfa one you have and we sold heaps of them...i used them for lp recording and still have a couple of them ..still sound good

[@huddypop3491]

You never disappoint Tony ;) I’m always like ‘where does he find all these cassettes?’ Thanks again and looking forward to this series!

[@rdrgtreer]

Your cassette reviews are really cozy. Thank you Tony

[@tonywillans7556]

Yay, the CR7 is back! I watch these to see this deck in operation.

[@Narayan_1996]

I was watching this one, and thinking about the next one, and it was already here! That's amazing! ♥

[@archiwumkasetowe]

great to see more videos on cassettes. thx tony!

[@bletheringfool]

I love being spoiled by more Tony Tape videos. I seem to remember these particular tapes and AGFA variations used by our school. When the teacher recorded various radio documentaries (mostly about history)

[@terryhall3960]

"Seven Cassettes in Seven Days" would make a good title for a rom-com.

[@stevemeli]

I never had one of those, I never had a Memorex tape actually, maybe its because I started buying cassettes in the early/mid 90s, but I really like the way they look. They remind me of Goldstar and in the 90s, their Type 1s were still in that sort of retro black shell with that tiny window in the middle. I used to buy a lot of those and Maxell URs (when they were green for a while). But as tapes, Goldstar were always the longest in running time, so even if they were inferior to Maxell, when I was going to make a compilation I always went for Goldstar. Thank you for the video Tony... I'm really looking forward to the next one later on today :)

[@andrewlittleboy8532]

Glad you kept the CR7!

[@CassetteComeback]

That's going nowhere

[@Jim_2E0HKM]

Looking forward to these videos Tony, some interesting cassette in that package.

[@mikegutterman3427]

To take up for USA cassette production, the Realistic (Radio Shack) supertapes were pretty good in the early 90's when they ran their own cassette factory in Texas and the last generation of Ampex/Quantegy that were made in the last cassette factory in the USA in Alabama were also great tapes!

[@CassetteComeback]

Like I said, Radio Shack had their moments, but the late Ampex / Quantegy I've used were Korean...

[@TucsonAnalogWorkshop]

Of the final generation Quantegy tapes I believe only the reel-to-reel was made in Alabama

[@talshayar4279]

The 90's Supertapes sold in the UK were also Korean. They actually look strikingly similar to this series of Memorex cassettes; like a variation of the DBS.

[@mikegutterman3427]

@@CassetteComeback I used so many USA realistic supertapes back then and they have held up well. I have many Ampex and Quantegy branded type II 472 cassettes that are labeled made in USA with the Alabama address. Used them a ton on my Tascam 4 track back in the 90's. I also have several boxes of Quantegy AVX type 1 tapes that were made in USA, even have that stamped on the plastic cassette shell before they moved that production to Korea.

[@mikegutterman3427]

@@talshayar4279 The ones sold in America were made in their own Texas factory. Until it closed down around mid 90's and got contracted out to mostly Maxell in Mexico.

[@MrKLindholm]

Fantastic tune. Thanks Tony. ❤ Still listening or watching... premium coolio iglesias. 👌

[@Richard-ll2pb]

I still have a Yashica UFO somewhere, it was a magazine freebie at the time, if I recall it shed oxide like it was going out of fashion, keep the IPA and cotton buds handy!

[@Micjoh]

I like the retro look.

[@andrewlittleboy8532]

The Memorex MRX I think looks great, one of my favourites and sound superb. The completely clear shells weren’t my favourite designs

[@juliancurtis4071]

ooh, a week of Tony videos... Win

[@keironstoneman6938]

I have watched all of your videos and it's the first time I believe you have not had to look for a bic!😂

[@christopherrigby2798]

In those Pump Up The Volume days it was the UD1-S and XL1-S here with the UD1-S often being found in packs of three that was my Super Ferric of choice which my then decks could pack a great sounding signal on to. I'm sure they'd sound terrific on your current Naks. My brother did use the MRX1S and I'd agree a pretty good cheap offering in plain jane" attire for a little less than those Maxell offerings or the TDK AD which was a darn fine offering back then. Discovering AR and AR-X the year later blew my mind! Thanks for a great video.

[@MichaelMurphy-mg2nr]

Love memorex still use them now.

[@jasonhandy8442]

Keep up the good work

[@FLH3official]

And now I'm waiting for The Tony's Cassettes Advent Calendar, with 25 cassettes!

[@FLH3official]

@@TD75 Micro-cassettes and mini-cassettes are an other subject. But I agree with you, they can fit well in an Advent calendar. 😁 Tony, could you do a "Micro-Tony KZbin Channel"?

[@Ale.K7]

Sounds great!

[@yanks1fan09]

I wonder if the Excel cassette creates a good spreadsheet too and calibrated.

[@950kid]

Nice one Tony Love those memorex mrx.. got 2 sealed i gotta record to soon... those casstte all look great that EMI 👀👀👀👍🏾

[@Czechbound]

New subscriber. That was great. Not sure what all the tape deck things mean. But interesting. I've about 100 cassettes that were taped back in the day and now looking to try and digitise them to save space. So going the other way !

[@analoguecity3454]

Back when I was a teen in the 80's (the hey day of my tape buying/recording, the ugly tapes seem to be the best for my recording's!😊

[@A0111.]

It's just a Saehan shell of that day, they used the same shell to make cassettes for different brands. Actually, as early as 1982 Fuji DR had the same shell, and there was a Japanese OEM manufacturer Soda Nikka Company which made same shells, at some point they sell their own SNC cassets to USSR - first batches were made in Japan, than started to come from Korea "Made under instructions from Soda Nikka Company, Japan", so I wonder, could it be that Samsung just bought equipment from SNC, and relocated it to Korea?

[@ronaldt8959]

Nice Video 👍 nice to see some new videos

[@Priyodarsono]

I think your deck is very excited & can't hide it. It rewind the cassette until a loud "tuk" sound heard after finishing the calibration.

[@Algabatz]

Maybe you've already made videos about this (and I'm just bad at searching), but I would really like to learn how to treat different formula cassettes, you say a doped up ferro can handle +3 levels, how about true chrome, metal, etc? Also, it would be very interesting to know your take on the different factories, like you mentioned that the UK Memtek made a better job than the US one. Are Japanese factories better than Korean, Malaysian, etc? How about the German, Swedish and Dutch ones. Looking forward to the next "chapters". As always, thanks for sharing!

[@CCMPreservation]

Bear in mind that Memorex was bought by Tandy and Tandy started manufacturing Memorex tape. So here in the USA the MRXI was USA made by Tandy at this time. The overseas market was outsourced to the likes of Saehan and you would have seen many tapes we didn't see here, however, if you ever get a chance to try out some USA Memorex manufactured by Tandy I'm sure you'll think more highly of them than the former. Contrary to what some think the Memorex formulas still remained separate from the Realistic ones. Memorex tapes even early on were pretty good, but the Tandy Magnetics ones were better.

[@manti1923]

Tried a few Memorex tapes back in the day...their not too bad

[@fraudsarentfriends4717]

I like the black 80s cases better than the modern clear. The only clear I like is Tascam with the Reels.

[@paulb4uk]

Sounded very decent to me i only have a later used clear shell version and the tape has not been looked after .

[@OsmanMcteer]

Nice cassette

[@dean6816]

Great I have 10 NOS of these bad boys!

[@hughjanus6975]

I need to do some cassette organizing, recorded so many tapes that the dedicated cassette coffee table (sits on the wall adjacent the hifi) is cluttered. Need a cassette wall.

[@coryengel]

Interesting that one advertises “with screws.” I wonder why more brands didn’t do that?

[@KMOWN]

Just curious what do you do to the cassettes after you review them. By the way im a big fan of your channel keep up the good work.

[@CassetteComeback]

They go in the "stash" to be recorded on at some point.

[@ShawnTewes]

I have one of the other versions of this, and the tape inside is more of a light reddish brown color. Still, it can take plenty of level and sounds really good, albeit a bit on the warmer side (slight top end rolloff with excellent bass).

[@EZ647]

Hello Saehan already had a shell with a large window at that time, for example used in the Konica KX-HR around that period, or it was later and they just didn't catch up. Memorex used these Saehan cassettes with the large window, according to vintagecassettes, only in the 1991-92 series for Europe. There were both clear and shell with large window, for the Type I and II versions. I tried this cassette in 2017, but found its sound to be mediocre, mainly lower level and bias out of range. In your video, it's considerably better. Regards EZ

[@CassetteComeback]

At this age, it could be down to storage and there is an SKC version as well, which looks almost identical.

[@EZ647]

@@CassetteComeback Agreed, storage is always more than just a big problem and I get tapes in varying states of bad and good condition. I have the SKC version in slightly different packaging, and name, than the dBS. The MRX S I was then a generation older in the Made in China version. EZ

[@160rpm]

I actually think it's a nice sort of retro design. Yeah, about like how an 80s retro cassette would look these days

[@Curi0u50ne]

Wow… ok that’s not a dragon ……flutter! 🤭

[@rosswarren436]

Good idea to not push much beyond +3 dB. As you state, there's no good reason to do so. Why get needless distortion if you don't have to? Thanks for the video! Still loving my cassette decks and will as long as I can. Still hoping against hope that ONE manufacturer will bite the bullet and offer a good cassette mechanism with decent heads having a 30Hz to 17KHz response. That's the only thing that might keep cassettes around as a legitimate marketing tool and record/playback medium. I'm not holding my breath though.

[@BillyTheKidsGhost]

Sometimes ''treble bleed'' is a good thing.

[@AudioGuyBrian]

Sony EF (With Screws!). LOL.

[@christronicsdereksrandomness36]

I saw that to and shook my head laughing 😂

[@tvelektron]

No screws in most sony tapes was a reason for me not to buy the products. A easy repair option just in case is particularly important to me

[@AudioGuyBrian]

@@tvelektron Yeah, but is a type 1 tape even worth repairing? I mean you can still splice tape without opening the case. I don't use them for music, only Type II or IV get the music recordings. Type 1 comedy or spoken word stuff like recordings of the Howard Stern show.

[@tvelektron]

@@AudioGuyBrian It is not about the cassette, it is mainly about the recording. early 90s a favorite mix tape tape snapped inside a my scoolfriends cheap and poorly maintained walkman type player was a certain annoyance that comes to mind at least when you buy new tapes 🤭

[@AudioGuyBrian]

@@tvelektron Indeed they can be a pain at times. Of the nearly 1,000 blanks I have had over the years (Mostly Maxell XLII and XLIIS), I have had to open a few of them for a pressure pad metal "spring" that somehow fell out of place at the Maxell factory and made it out the door like that. I think I also had to fix one or two for the tape leader pulling out of the reel hub. That was really weird because that is a pretty tight fit and a rare defect. I think the little plastic piece was too small and remember having to fold the leader over so it was double thick and it would finally stay put. I have heard of people popping the welded tapes apart using a lot of patience and an exacto knife. Personally I don't have many mix tapes. I backup all my LPs to cassette so I can put them away and keep them in Mint condition for possible resale years later. Almost all my Vinyl Albums going back as far as 38 years ago look brand new due to me relying on cassettes when I want to listen to the album instead of pulling the record out and risking potential damage to the cover or the record itself.

[@RBLevin]

There are no links on the screen when you "bing!" FYI ...

[@willdatsun]

How could you not smell it after opening it?

[@ssgeek4515]

Get the interest in tapes like me I have a few but ... After maybe 50 plays it will start to loose the top end but slowly

[@azoriusmage]

First! Yay

[@azoriusmage]

@@juliancurtis4071 I am sorry you are the way you are.

[@maxbrown347]

That's not late 80s due to the bar code on the packaging. I found Memorex just went tight and ran s!ow back in the 80s

[@vinyljunkie1979]

Bar codes started being widely used in 1985

[@MrTimetunnel]

You never ever put up the links for your "BINGS" Why?

[@CassetteComeback]

They're there when I look...

[@emilmofardin2.0]

They're there for me!

[@jamesbennettmusic]

Are you watching on mobile / app? They don't often appear there for me, but they do on computer / youtube web page

[@MrTimetunnel]

@@jamesbennettmusic

[@MrTimetunnel]

@@jamesbennettmusic Hi, I'm watching on a Windows 10 PC.

[@Russiazloy]

Молодец что показываешь. Машина времени. Но кассеты слабые эти, ни о чем

[@nicksubmit76]

it's not looking good, just a little noisy unlooked