Maxell, TDK, BASF, Memorex, Sony, 3M, Scotch, Capitol, Lafayette, Realistic, Norelco, Lyric, and at least a dozen other manufacturers sell audio cassettes. Many manufacture cassettes of excellent quality, others consciously exploit cassette users with sub-standard cassettes.

I’ve used cassettes since the late 1960’s when Phillips and the Japanese invented cassette audio. I’ve done countless interviews with a succession of fairly trusty Sony and Hitachi cassette recorders. I listen to most of my music on cassette and, despite its symphonic limitations, it’s the easiest way to manipulate sound.