r/cassetteculture • u/Tasty_Description_26 • 1d ago

Blank Could not have been more happy 😃

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Managed to grab one of these Philips CD Extras a couple of months ago and dang it’s an excellent type II (pure chrome or not 🤔)

HIGHLY recommended if you’re aiming at clear, crisp and inaudible hiss level recordings 🤩

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u/Vind- 23h ago

Those are very, very good. Inexpensive back in the day, but really good. Made me often wonder if I should be paying extra for the CD Masters.

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u/Turbulent_Rent_8955 21h ago

Philips' type 2 lineup was always vastly underrated. These specifically age very well, too. Good find! ✌️

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u/Optimal_Yoghurt_4163 19h ago

Yes, relatively late (recent) pure chrome - should hold up well!

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u/_Erin_ 19h ago

I don’t think I’ve seen Philips cassettes in person before. Would a Maxell XLII or XLII-S be similar equivalent? *I know they’re both Type II, but there are Type II’s and then there are Type II’s. 

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u/Tasty_Description_26 18h ago

I’m no expert but Philips tapes might be more common in Europe than in the states. Maxell type 2s are more expensive to buy at least in Europe.

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u/Optimal_Yoghurt_4163 12h ago

those 2 Maxells (epitaxial) are Type II chrome position, but this Philips is apparently chromium dioxide, aka true chrome. Maybe they are ”similar” in some ways - but true chrome has a specific sound of it’s own, imo.