My TDK Cassettes Collection

Tataa - i got new cassettes :


and an another Head Cleaner


The Freddie-Tapes, the HXS, and the old Endless Tapes are the more important tapes - the others i now can change with the placeholders.
I now have 7 Freddie-Tapes, they are cool with the little windows for the cassette-code
Now i only need the last Freddie - it`s on it`s way...
The HXS is not the same like the HX-S, i think, it`s another formula. And the black DJ 1 - 90 is very hard to find.
( By the way - there`s no way to buy Head Cleaners with liquids in it from Japonia - the customs says no. )
And there are two another little paper note-books - it`s TDK-Merchandise, i already had one different.
Now I have exceeded the 500 limit. 509 cassettes. Another 8 cassettes are on their way.

 

I got a new cassette

It`s a JY-90. Can anybody say, from what year it is ? It`s a Type I Tape, and the little window in the shell could refer to 1983/84, like the SA from this aera. But the foil style is more modern.

 

A new parcel arrived, after sailing a big Odyssee from Russia over Kazachstan, very rar cassettes


The SA-C90 is now one of the first-generation SA, it`s the cassette for the US/EUR-market - i still need the one for the japanese market.
The C-90F is a real "Maverick" from 1969, very rare in this condition with the undamaged foil for the japanese market ( i already have one unsealed for the US/EUR-market.) The Colitas and Teddy Boo are still without any classification, i will look for some information.
The Beam and DJ i can change now with the placeholders, and the CDing 1 complete the sports-series from 1997

Now there are 516 cassettes in the collection, and there still are 10 on its way to me.
Happy X-Mas to all.

 

Hi Friedrich

So happy you got the first generation 1974 SA we were talking about two weeks ago. Wow my friend!
Also, incredible how you got the 1969 SA ..JUST AMAZING!
CONGRATULATIONS..
Rabe

 

Yes, i`m happy, because it`s so hard to buy from Russia this time. Cassettes are sanctioned, and there hardly is a way to pay ( we found one over a bitcoin site ... ) And you must trust the partners, - so now at all this transfer happened without problems, despite of the first parcel from Russia was sent back to the seller....
May be, i`ll try this way again, because there are 3-4 cassettes, i can need for the collection. Cross fingers. Good Luck to all Cassettes Collectors !

 

Ok ....I had no idea that things were quite tricky to attain from Russia,
Never heard of audio cassettes being sanctioned like that honestly..
Just as well you were able to get anything in the first place ..very good..
Bitcoin is a very interesting way to pay..will keep an eye out for your updates Friedrich .
Thank you my friend...

 

Here are the news, - 3 cassettes from Poland

Until a half year ago i didn`t know, that there is existing a Golden SD - i only knew the Golden Cassette. It needed some willpower to buy the Alignment Tapes, i got it for 50 % from the price on the market, they were expensive anyway...
And i found one of the rarest cassettes in the world :
https://jp.mercari.com/item/m78782659792
But this price i cannot pay...
25 Cassettes are still on their way to me - the magic numeral of 555 this year will be reached.
Have a nice week,to all the audiophile nerds ;-)

 

It`s a regular cassette from TDK, it`s listed for example at "Project C-90" and "AGFA-BASF". You can see here : http://agfabasf.com/catalog/tdk/tdk-gift-cassettes/
It was for presentations, merchandise and gifts for special TDK customers and employees.
The cassette, i have, has an original TDK printed seal stripe. There are some cassettes they came in a cassette box with inlet. And it came in Gift-Boxes too with the printed name of the owner like the "Golden Cassette" .
And it`s already mentioned here in the forum : https://www.stereo2go.com/topic/ind...14111653385&content_oid=432098869472472268#26
The year of production of "Golden Cassette" was 1979 ( this "pure-analogue" says ) and i didn`t know, when SD was produced.

 

And just another new cassettes came in - let`s see


The MA-X is the last TDK Metal , i needed for the collection ( except 2 Alignment Tapes ) - it`s the MA-X90ST, very rare to find.
The Femme Fatale Green now can be with her Pink Twin Sister - Couple complete.
There now is only one CDing i need - the 90-minutes-CDing 2 from 1993.
The Picnic Basket is a curious thing, it`s similar to this kind of design ( i still look for it ):


The 2 Salem i can add to the one, i already have, 3 different versions. The Blue one is a very old Head Cleaner Tape (1971) in a undamaged seal foil - very hard to find.
And the SD is a japanese cassette from about 1969 - one of the oldest tapes, i have.
So now there are 531 cassettes, and another 20 are on their way.

 

A new parcel arrived. It`s even more difficult to get cassettes from the To-do-list ..
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So the Beam is the last, i was looking for - Beam now is complete.
And i found cassettes, that i never had seen before, like the japanese Walker ,- i already had the international version.
I was able to get the Alignment SA ( one of 3 different ) for a good price. And the Endless 3 minutes completes this japanese series, can`t say from what year precisely.
May be, i can remove the sticker for better looking. Any tips, how to do this ? I think it would be good to soak it before...
Regarding Alignment - i haven`t found any information, what you can measure ore adjust with the special cassettes, there are about 10 different for Type 1,2, and 4.

 

Now only an Intermezzo - there are some cassettes, only a few, that arrived - and there is an bigger parcel on way to me - i will post them all together, if parcel`s here. The tapes, i`m looking for are rarer and rarer - i unfortunally missed a Time Editor 2 Cassette and a SR Limited 90. And for some wanted cassettes i have no access - it`s only regional shop - like this https://www.carousell.com.hk/p/tdk-sr-limited錄音帶-1063047206/ -
if there is somebody, who could buy and send it to me - i would be very pleased.
to be continued - have a nice weekend.

 

Here are now the new cassettes, i`ve got yesterday.


The most of them are regional variations of cassettes , i already have. And i began to add some cassettes with other playtime length than 90 minutes to have one cassette with every different playtime length, TDK had produced. The NANA series is only for fun - i like the design. The new number of cassettes is 558 - and there are still 12 on their way to me. To be continued.

 

Meanwhile i look for some used MA-R, and i`m faced with a puzzle. Here`re 2 pictures of first and second edition :

You can see, first edition ( cassette on top ) has only one hole for type code - the additional hole ( 2 + 3 ) firstly came in second edition. But when both editions were produced ? All information in the web says, 1979 - 1981 . And despite of different cassettes, the both upper tapes in the picture have the same declaration design - so there seem to be no rules in this case. And so, in the web, there are offered so much mixed stuff, wrong tapes with wrong inlets, wrong declarations, a mess ;-)
Does anybody can precisely say, what are the differences between the 4 different MA-R tapes from 1979 - 1984 ?

 

Hey, guys and ladies, this week new cassettes arrived :




The CD2-90A ( with the golden quarter circle on right side ) is now the last 90-Minutes-CDing, i was looking for. CDing - Series completed .
All the other CDings i have bought, because all of them has a different design pattern- i will post later .
The Audua, the AD and the maverick are very old, and hardly to find in this fine condition - by the way - the Maverick has a playtime of 45 minutes - thats unique in TDK Cassettes Universe - and it`s a Maverick in plastic cover.
The SR 22 is the only cassette, i`ve found with 22 minutes playtime, that could be unique in the whole cassettes production.
The Victor came with AE 150, sometimes there are such couples to sell for 3-4 $ ... The PC 10 i only bought for fun, very cheap, and i can stand her by her 15-minutes-sister.
The Demagnetizer in Japan is called "Dr. Jekyll" - it`s in very well condition too.
And the D 30 i bought, because it`s completing my collection of different play lengths - i then only miss the SA 76 - very rare type too.
The number of cassettes now are 583, and still 10 are on their way to me.

 

Once you've collected them all and taken your pictures and gotten your giddy up or whatever,
are you then going to use them or sell them back to the world?

 

Don`t know this, it`s a question of future. If i really can get them all - and there are really rare tapes, i`m still looking for, like these :


i will deceide, if resell them to the world, or hold them for the family.

 

And here are now the various CDing - Cassettes with the different design patterns
First the L-Series


And here`s the U-Series

I didn`t buy all of the cassettes of the Series ( except CD2-U from 10 - 150 minutes, 12 cassettes ), because the different patterns repeat in every series.
Mostly i like CD1-U, the Animals, but what creature this could be on the grey- Night-Theme - Cassette with the moon ?

 

Maybe an Owl?

 

Yes, this i also thought. I missed the beak... By the way - the round spots of CD1-U are transparent, and also some parts of the animals - you can see the inlets.