Tascam, ATR & NAC brand new Type II cassettes: Test & comparison. Any good?

In this video we explore three newly produced Type II cobalt-based cassettes by Tascam, ATR Magnetics and the National Audio Company. All manufactured in the US. Discover the main characteristics and how they perform compared to a high-quality Sony UX-S Chrome cobalt-doped cassette.

ERRATA CORRIGE: I wrote that the NAC Type II cassette is $40.70 but that is the price of a 10 pack, so each cassette is actully 4$4.70. Sorry about that!

Test tracks in high resolution & original DSD file: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?co...

Patricia Barber album on Qobuz: https://bit.ly/3iD7Qyc

Cassettes
Tascam 424 Studio Cassette: https://tascam.com/us/product/424/top
ATR Cobalt Gold Series: https://www.atrtape.com/products/atr-...
NAC C799 Studio Master: https://www.nationalaudiocompany.com/...

In Europe you can find the ATR tapes on Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/intl/atr_magne...

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Intro: 0:00
The Type II cassettes: 4:35
Reference - Sony UX-S: 10:14
Tascam 424: 13:27
NAC c799: 16:47
ATR Gold: 20:03
Considerations & assessment: 23:15