ford93 said:
For some reason, I experienced tape breakage issues with this model of TDK tape - issues I never had with other models of TDK tapes!?
JJ what do you mean breakage?
The tape itself used to break (normally within a few minutes from the start/end of the tape).
It could have been the deck. Some decks were known not to handle these very well because of the weight.
i never had an issue with MA'.Hmmm...... Apart from that one time I played it in my dads car, I only ever used MA-XG tapes in my parents high end HiFi deck as my boombox at the time couldn't handle metal tapes.
It was weird how the tape never broke at the very end but 30 seconds to 1 minute from each end. That HiFi deck was near new at the time and didn't cause other brands of tape to break!? Who knows. Maybe my local batch of MA-XGs were faulty!?