{"title":"Maxell","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell Cassettes\u003c\/h1\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCassettes from the legend that is Maxell\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.4; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.4; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eMaxell Cassettes\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maxell-mx-1985-us","title":"Maxell MX - 1985 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell MX - 1985 - US\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fantastic Maxell Type IV, from possibly Maxells best year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA legendary and superbly capable cassette. It just looks and sounds great, even after all this time, in fact this is one of the best ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou've got to be rich (or nuts) to buy this to open and record on, but this is a fantastic Type IV if that's what you want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: These are not \"Boxfresh\" so although new and sealed, expect some imperfections to the wrappers and perhaps the odd small tear, hence the lowered price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaxell MX - 1985 - US\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29748876279905,"sku":"MAX-MX-C90-85-US","price":79.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/MAXELL_MX_90_85_US_FRONT.jpg?v=1566207768"},{"product_id":"maxell-ln-1982-us","title":"Maxell LN - 1982 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell LN - 1982 - US\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early 80s Maxell Type I. This was the entry level Cassette before the UR was introduced. Great shell, great looks and decent sound, from a time when cassettes were expensive and made to reflect this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGive them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. These are actually highly underrated. Superb rich dark chocolate colour, and smooth, shinny, brilliant tape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore a collectible than anything else, many more modern and cheaper Type Is sound at least as good as this, but those same tapes don't have the class of this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(215, 16, 16);\"\u003e60\u003c\/span\u003e Minutes: Out of Stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e 60 minutes tapes are always \u003cstrong\u003erarer \u003c\/strong\u003ethan 90 mins.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(42, 174, 203);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e90\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Minutes: Black Shells: B-Grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e Only \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available. One 1mm tiny rip, one 1.2mm hairline crack on the front side of the case. Moderate scuffing. Made in Japan.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(42, 174, 203);\"\u003e90\u003c\/span\u003e Minutes: Clear Shells: \u003c\/strong\u003eThese clearly (pun intended) look a whole lot nicer than the black shells variant made in Japan. These clear shells variant is made in South Korea. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7efsfMSlZPU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #097aca;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell LN - 1982 - Made in Japan (Black Shells) or Made in South Korea (Clear Shells).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes (Black)","offer_id":39647871271009,"sku":"MAX-LN-C60-82-JP-Black","price":12.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes (Black)","offer_id":29748881752161,"sku":"MAX-LN-C90-82-JP-Black","price":11.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes (Clear)","offer_id":44609110704420,"sku":"MAX-LN-C90-82-SK-Clear","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_2870.jpg?v=1637557876"},{"product_id":"maxell-udi-1988-us","title":"Maxell UDI - 1988 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(38, 9, 180);\"\u003eMaxell UDI - 1988 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Great Maxell oval shell design. This is about a Super Ferric, but Maxell had many levels of Super Ferric. Starting with the UDI, then UDI-S, the XL-I and finally the ultimate XL-I-S. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. Nothing more to say. Like all Maxell Type 1, except for the UR series, these are hard to find and thus command much higher prices.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: US:  \u003c\/strong\u003eNot quite like the picture. It is actually in better condition. Lightly scuffed wrapper with no rips or cuts. Square edged case.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMade in Japan\u003cstrong\u003e. Only 1 available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNote 2: 60 Mins: EU: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Light to moderate scuffing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins: US:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Lightly scuffed wrapper. No rips or cuts.\u003cstrong\u003e Only \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: EU:  \u003c\/strong\u003eMade in England. \u003cstrong\u003eSOLD. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDI - 1988 - US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes US","offer_id":44576054378788,"sku":"MAX-UDI-C60-88-US(JP)","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Minutes EU","offer_id":47438029914404,"sku":"MAX-UDI-C60-88-EU(JP)","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes US","offer_id":29749020065889,"sku":"MAX-UDI-C90-88-US(JP)","price":16.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes EU","offer_id":51987073106212,"sku":null,"price":14.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_1908a865-ed3c-4b2c-a7af-863d43417c3d.jpg?v=1676186658"},{"product_id":"maxell-ud-xl-ii-1980-us-eu-1","title":"Maxell UDXL-II - 1980 - US\/EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(9, 55, 204);\"\u003eMaxell UDXL-II - 1980 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Made in 1980, when cassettes were relatively expensive, this Maxell UD-XLII gets our vote for the best looking cassette ever. When you think of a stereotypical cassette, something that looks like this is usually what you think of. Gorgeous to look at, a heavy well made shell and tape that really does capture music well. This is the version that has a tougher, printed, outer wrapper, so it is better for collecting than the fragile clear cellophane wrapper 1977 version.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"You need to put negative bias on these cassettes to get the best out of them. The more modern UDXL-II admittedly sound better (after ~1985, new formulations), but these are a true classic, very iconic and very high on the nostalgic table standings.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0937cc;\"\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSuperbly kept cassettes, with some mild scuffing on the wrappers. The back of these tapes may not be what is shown in the pictures. One difference is that some will show the following lines: \"Hitachi Maxell Ltd, Tokyo Japan (Tokio, Japon)\", while others do not. If this concerns you, please contact me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0937cc;\"\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: B-Grade:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Very minor blemishes, not even worth mentioning much. One has a cut on the wrapper, but it's all there. The other has one mild swipe (sort of a scratch) from who knows what on the front window of the cassette, something that occurred at the manufacturing process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Only 1 available now. \u003cspan style=\"color: #0937cc;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDXL II - 1980 - US\/EU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749020328033,"sku":"MAX-UDXLII-C90-80-US\/EU(JP)","price":17.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":51471314616612,"sku":"MAX-UDXLII-C90-80-US\/EU(JP)-B","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/B9BEBEFD-BBCD-43AA-AD60-8B0741323989.jpg?v=1694832061"},{"product_id":"maxell-ul-1985-eu","title":"Maxell UL - 1985 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UL - 1985 - EU\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The last incarnation of the Maxell UL in the EU, before the UR took over the next year. Great shell, great looks and decent sound. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. Nothing more to say. You can get as good a performance for less money, so these are really only for collecting.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly available for 1 year, these are, we hate to say it, rare to find \"box-fresh\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 33, 196);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Out of Stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UL - 1985 - EU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749027209313,"sku":"MAX-UL-C60-85-EU","price":15.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/MAXELL_UL_85_EU_FRONT.jpg?v=1566208305"},{"product_id":"maxell-uds-ii-1985-us","title":"Maxell UDS-II - 1985 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #d92a07;\"\u003eMaxell UDS-II - 1985 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A glorious looking, fabulously performing cassette from Maxell's best year. We often wondered what the point of the UD-II or UDS-II (for the US market) was, as there was also the XLII and XLII-S, however with these, the difference was known. We think these were designed to be more compatible with many decks that were calibrated to the TDK SA in the factory, than its XLII brothers. These bias almost the same as the SA and sound just a touch \"smoother\" to our ears.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTruly one of our favourite cassettes back in the day, and still true today..\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d72f0e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 90 Mins: CA:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBox-fresh cassette. With Canadian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(7, 142, 240);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Super Sweepstakes\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Blue seal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2: 90 Mins: US:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eModerately scuffed cassette. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 2 available. \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(215, 47, 14);\"\u003eLast 2 at this price!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins: CA: B-Grade:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCassette has a 15mm hairline crack on the case on the reverse side, highlighted by the blue rubber band. The front side is perfect and clean. This is about as a box-fresh cassette as it gets.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UDII cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Maxell UDII Cassette Tape\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(217, 42, 7);\"\u003eMaxell UDS-II - 1985 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes CA","offer_id":29749054996577,"sku":"MAX-UDSII-C90-85-CA(JP)","price":16.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes US","offer_id":47046532170020,"sku":"MAX-UDSII-C90-85-US(JP)","price":15.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes US (B-Grade)","offer_id":47046536757540,"sku":"MAX-UDSII-C90-85-CA(JP)-B","price":14.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/F4C46165-66EE-478A-8A0E-5944A946CAC8.jpg?v=1765409606"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-s-1986-us","title":"Maxell XLII-S - 1986 - US\/EU","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(14, 154, 177);\"\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1986 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This Maxell XLII-S could be the epitome of late 80s Type IIs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorgeous to look at, a really heavy, almost ceramic feeling, well made shell and tape that really does capture the top end well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou need to put positive bias on these cassettes to get the best out of them, but that also means you get the bass. A true classic.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 133, 153);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eVery light to no scuffing. Scarce length.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: rgb(15, 133, 153);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 133, 153);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e90 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLight scuffing throughout, but still very appealing. No rips, no cuts. These mostly made their way into the High Fidelity store during 1987, and a year later a new wrapper was introduced. These had a short run, hence it is so difficult to spot one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes: B-Grade. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLight scuffing like the one above, but this one has a 3cm hairline crack on the front... see picture. Two others added Sept. 20, 2025. They're B-Grade with 1 or 2 blemishes on the wrappers, and moderate scuffing. No pieces of the wrappers missing though. No need for pictures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hazy or dull see-through windows are a common annoyance of this run from Maxell, often making anyone second-guess themselves as to “what might this haze actually be?” Is it something that can be wiped off or is it... mould? Well, I decided to test this annoyance. Read below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersonal NOTE:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e This Maxell line-up (1986~1991) has a very unusual and annoying hazy see-through window. According to Julian of Ontario, Canada, it was due to Maxell’s choice of polystyrene used that is the cause of this problem. A slow chemical reaction with the air makes these windows go “foggy” after a while. I truly dislike this characteristic about this Maxell run of cassettes, and so I decided to see for myself, if this haze could be removed by wiping the window down from the inside of the cassette. I unsealed a brand-new Maxell MX with a bad wrapper, that had this annoying hazy window. I removed the screws and then opened the shells apart carefully. I removed the first slip sheet off to the side (that was easy) and proceeded to wipe down the window of that \"easy\" first shell. Lo and behold, wiping off the inside of the window worked beautifully! I applied a gentle amount of watered-down Windex onto a micro-fiber cloth, and this dull and hazy window immediately turned into a super sharp and clean looking window. Cleaning the window from the other shell was way more \"difficult\". You will need the patience of a saint to put it all back as it should be. Conclusion? If you are going to unwrap one of these up for use, go that extra mile and wipe these \"hazy\" windows and enjoy these brilliant tapes from Maxell looking clear and sharp!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cimg height=\"452\" width=\"555\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/2A29BC67-B598-412C-B251-1849472A1E4B.jpg?v=1734630360\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1986 - US\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":50237307781412,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C60-86-US(JP)","price":18.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749083963489,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C90-86-US(JP)","price":18.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50199901077796,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C90-86-US(JP)-B","price":16.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/9017E7B2-DDF5-4791-BEB4-78F5AA068DFF.jpg?v=1735935171"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1992-us","title":"Maxell UR - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UR - 1992 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Legendary type 1 in the legendary oval shell. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. These were made for North American market version.\" Tony Villa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(10, 155, 122);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: Mexico: Square Case:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eVery clean tapes, practically box-fresh. Few.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(10, 155, 122);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 Mins: Mexico: Square Case:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eVery clean tapes, practically box-fresh. Few.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 56, 56);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 60 Mins: Mexico: Rounded Case: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut of Stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 56, 56);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: Mexico: Rounded Case: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLight scuffing throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(10, 155, 122);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 60 Mins: South Korea: Rounded Case:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Much scarcer than those made in Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(10, 155, 122);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 90 Mins: South Korea: Rounded Case: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut of Stock. No pictures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UR - 1992 - US - Made in South Korea or Mexico.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Mins MX Square Case","offer_id":29749095596129,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-92-MX-SQC","price":4.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins MX Square Case","offer_id":39263955255393,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-92-MX-SQC","price":5.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Mins MX Rounded Case","offer_id":50398214783268,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-92-MX-RC","price":4.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Mins MX Rounded Case","offer_id":50398216159524,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-92-MX-RC","price":5.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Mins KR Rounded Case","offer_id":50398218846500,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-92-KR-RC","price":5.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins SK Rounded Case","offer_id":50398219436324,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-92-KR-RC","price":5.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/84ABCBAC-5C93-4B4B-A763-365E65184CCE.jpg?v=1740017412"},{"product_id":"maxell-udii-cd-1996-us","title":"Maxell UDII CD - 1996 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UDII CD - 1996 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This late UDII is a brilliant Type II. Unlike it's contemporary XLII the treble isn't so pronounced on these. Indeed this performs like an SA to our ear, so should give good results in decks that don't have manual bias controls. Although the shell is boring to look at, this is a very smooth and capable cassette and this US version isn't common in this guise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Tony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 mins:\u003c\/strong\u003e Box-fresh cassette. Scarcer length.\u003cstrong\u003e Very few available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 60 mins: B-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Box-fresh cassette with a cracked case on the reverse side. See picture. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 90 mins:\u003c\/strong\u003e Box-fresh cassettes, some may have light scuffing. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UDII cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Maxell UDII Cassette Tape\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDII CD - 1996 - US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":52637155524900,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C60-96-US(MX)","price":7.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":52637159358756,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C60-96-US(MX)-B","price":5.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749095858273,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-96-US(MX)","price":7.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/36594375-4675-4D45-8DE3-AB8965041D62.jpg?v=1774291244"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1988-us","title":"Maxell UR - 1988 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eMaxell \u003cspan style=\"color: #0bba35;\"\u003eUR - 1988\u003c\/span\u003e - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"One of the finest incarnation of Maxell entry level Type I. Great oval shell, great looks and decent sound. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #09b323;\"\u003eNote 1: 46 Minutes: South Korea:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e These are lightly to moderately scuffed. Generic picture shown. New Stock Sept. 20, 2025.. Only a very few available!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2A: 60 Mins: Mexico: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThese cassettes are mostly box-fresh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2B: 60 Mins: South Korea:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThese cassettes have a price sticker on them, otherwise they are very clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0db308;\"\u003eNote 3A: 90 Mins: Mexico:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Nearly all box-fresh cassettes. Some have very light scuffing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0db308;\"\u003eNote 3B: 90 Mins: South Korea:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Nearly all box-fresh tapes with some very light scuffing. 5 just added with light to moderate scuffing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4A: 60 Mins: South Korea: Made for Canada.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e These have the sticker\/label imprint for the Canadian \"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\". These have some scuffing throughout the wrapper. Only \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 4B: 90 Mins: South Korea: Made for Canada. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLight scuffing throughout. Only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eNote 5A: 60 Mins: Mexico: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eB-Grade\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e available. It has a 1.5cm hairline crack on the reverse side. See pictures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5B: 90 Mins: S.Korea\/Mexico: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eB-Grade\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Only \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available. One has a 2cm cut on the edge (spine) of the cassette case, see picture. Made in S. Korea. This one will be shipped first. The other, Made in Mexico, has a 2.5 cm hairline crack on the front side of the case, no picture shown. Two of them, just added, have one 2cm hairline on the reverse side (they are fine, save yourself some money).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UR - 1988 - US\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"46 Mins KR","offer_id":39352772624481,"sku":"MAX-UR-C46-88-KR","price":5.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Mins MX","offer_id":39572305641569,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-88-MX","price":4.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Mins KR","offer_id":50388835238180,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-88-KR","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins MX","offer_id":47054021427492,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-88-MX","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins KR","offer_id":29749106180193,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-88-KR","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Mins Canada KR","offer_id":50398132601124,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-88-CA(KR)","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins Canada KR","offer_id":50398132896036,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-88-CA(KR)","price":5.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Mins MX B-Grade","offer_id":50388825833764,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-88-MX-B","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Mins KR B-Grade","offer_id":50388827111716,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-88-KR-B","price":4.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_2389.jpg?v=1621348557"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1985-us","title":"Maxell UR - 1985 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UR - 1985 - US\/EU\/CA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Possibly the finest incarnation of a Maxell entry level Type I. Great shell, great looks and decent sound. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. You can get as good a performance for less money. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHowever these are true vintage tapes, nostalgic, rarer and look good in anyone's tape collection.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 12, 12);\"\u003eNote 1: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 12, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e60 Minutes: US\/EU:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Made in Japan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBox-fresh cassettes. \u003cstrong\u003eOne 1 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 12, 12);\"\u003eNote 2: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 12, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e60 Minutes: US:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Made in S.Korea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOut of Stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 12, 12);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 12, 12);\"\u003eNote 3: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e60 Minutes: US\/EU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMade in S. Korea:\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eStamped with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 14, 14);\"\u003e\"Bonus Bucks\"\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The case has a 2.4cm hairline crack on the reverse side. No picture needed. Lightly scuffed wrapper. No cuts, no rips.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e SOLD.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003eNote 4: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e US:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Made in S. Korea. Box-fresh cassettes with the odd one having some light scuffing. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Super Price at $5.85 \u003c\/em\u003e!!!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003eNote 5: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e CA:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMade in S. Korea: Stamped with\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 35, 225);\"\u003e\"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eOnly \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e available. These have one or more price stickers on them. Light to moderately scuffed.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003eNote 6: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e US\/EU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMade in Japan! Stamped with \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bonus Bucks\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Four (4) only! Some insignificant and dried glue residue from a previous price sticker is present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003eNote 7: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e US: B-Grade: (B101)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMade in S.Korea. Blemishes on the case of this cassette are all on the reverse side, and as shown in the picture. The obverse side is perfect. The case is still perfectly functional. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003eNote 8: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e US: B-Grade: (B102)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b60505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(13, 29, 172);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMade in S.Korea. Large rip on the front (see pic), taped up with some clean clear tape. \u003cstrong\u003eNow available. Only 1!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWatch below a video review on this UR cassette, and others, by \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1dVcmYKfKo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UR - 1985 - US (Made in Japan)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Mins US\/EU","offer_id":48714685120804,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-85-US\/EU(JP)","price":8.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Mins US","offer_id":39264751550561,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-85-US(KR)","price":7.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Mins US\/EU Bonus","offer_id":50697308111140,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-85-US\/EU(KR)-BONUS","price":7.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Mins US","offer_id":29749114699873,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-85-US(KR)","price":5.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins CA Super Sweepstakes","offer_id":50187001594148,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-85-CA-SS(KR)","price":7.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins US\/EU Bonus Bucks","offer_id":50289449468196,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-85-US\/EU-BB(JP)","price":7.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins US B-Grade B101","offer_id":51101866328356,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-85-US(KR)-B101","price":4.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins US B-Grade B102","offer_id":51472824008996,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-85-US(KR)-B102","price":5.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_f83ba4d7-405d-4d5a-b3eb-badfabbaeb8a.jpg?v=1676178761"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-2002-us","title":"Maxell UR - 2002 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(233, 19, 19);\"\u003eMaxell UR - 2002 - MX-ID-KR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most common cassette in the world. The UR C90 minutes version is still made in Panggung, Indonesia, as recently it resumed production for Maxell (outside of Japan...) sometime in September of 2023. See two links below for your enjoyment:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehttps:\/\/www.panggung.com\/solutions\/audio-cassette-tapes-blank-cassette\/\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/cdm.link\/maxell-still-makes-cassettes\/\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTake note that these are very capable Type I tapes, with decent audio quality recordings. Indeed, to our ears, it does its illustrious forefathers justice. They need NR, and negative bias, and if you just want a cassette with great versatility, in your Walkman, in your car, then there's no real need to spend more... this is it\u003c\/em\u003e!\" \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough up to about 2002 these were also made in Mexico, Indonesia, and South Korea, only trivial small differences are visible. The hubs are the most notorious difference between them. The ones made in Mexico are typically priced lower here, but only because there is typically a higher inventory than those made in Indonesia or South Korea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ones from South Korea are the more expensive as the parts came from Japan and only assembled in South Korea. Anything associated with having been manufactured in Japan is always more expensive. It is also an undeniable that Japan manufacturing offers higher quality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f41010;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: Made in Indonesia: B-Grade:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRegularly at $2.22... Now at $1.62 each. 100% Brand new, but no wrapper! New Case, new J-Card, but... no wrapper! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly a few available\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f41010;\"\u003eNote 2: 60 Mins: Made in Korea:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly a few available\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNote 3: 60 Mins: Made in Mexico:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 3 available\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f41010;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: Made in Mexico: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly $1.92, Very Special Price \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ebut not forever! Last 12 available!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 5: 90 Mins: Made in Indonesia: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly $2.32 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f41010;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWell made tapes. S\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003etock is dwindling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 90 Mins: Made in S. Korea: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e100% perfectly fine tapes. These are great quality tapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 7: 90 Mins: Made in Mexico, S. Korea or Indonesia: B-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Cassettes with larger wrapper blemishes and\/or cracked cases. Priced at $1.72 each.\u003cstrong\u003e Only 15 available. \u003c\/strong\u003eFirst 3 from Mexico, then 6 from Indonesia, and finally 7 from South Korea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 8: 120 Mins: Made in S.Korea:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLast 1 available.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(222, 7, 7);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSee below a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UR tapes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAer-oHlSj8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy, and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(201, 13, 13);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UR - 2002 - Mexico \/ Indonesia \/ South Korea (Japan)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes ID","offer_id":29749122924641,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-02-IN","price":1.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Minutes KR","offer_id":50188213518628,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-02-KR","price":2.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Minutes MX","offer_id":29749122957409,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-02-MX","price":2.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes MX","offer_id":29749122891873,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-02-MX","price":1.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes ID","offer_id":47429891883300,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-02-ID","price":2.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes KR","offer_id":47429993300260,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-02-KR","price":2.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes ID\/KR\/MX B-Grade","offer_id":50188213289252,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-02-MX-B","price":1.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"120 Minutes KR","offer_id":50231682367780,"sku":"MAX-UR-C120-02-KR","price":4.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/9901D18F-A6DE-401E-B290-80F9B93E0B03.jpg?v=1771289823"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-1988-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 1988 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(215, 183, 100);\"\u003eMaxell XLII - 1988 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This Maxell XLII could be the best all round version of this legendary cassette line. Gorgeous to look at, with the oval shell, black hubs and tape that really does capture the top end well. You need to put positive bias on these cassettes to get the best out of them, but that also means you get the bass. These still look and feel so cool.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(163, 138, 73);\"\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes: CA:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThese have the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMaxell Super Sweepstakes\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eseal on them for the Canadian market.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eA true classic at a very attractive price, now at $10.88 each. 100% Clean wrappers, box-fresh tapes! Stock dwindling! Get them while you can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(163, 138, 73);\"\u003eNote 2: 100 Minutes: CA:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMade for the Canadian Market. These have the diamond shape \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMaxell Super Sweepstakes\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e stamp on the wrapper (front). Only 1 available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e SOLD!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(163, 138, 73);\"\u003eNote 3: 60 Minutes: EU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e Two (2) available. Lightly scuffed wrappers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(163, 138, 73);\"\u003eNote 4: 90 Minutes: EU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e Box-fresh tape. \u003cstrong\u003eOne 1 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(163, 138, 73);\"\u003eNote 5: 100 Minutes: US:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e Two (2) available. Lightly scuffed wrappers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(195, 8, 8);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003ePlease Note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #545454; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Minimum purchase is 2 tapes. Mix and match any cassettes from the entire site selection to complete your order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(193, 7, 7);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassette Coins Member tip:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e All of these tapes are priced at $10.88, already in itself a lower price on average, better than you could get them anywhere else. Apply the Cassette Coins Gold Status discount of 12% OFF, and \u003cstrong\u003epay only $9.57 for each.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"\u003cstrong\u003emax\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eimum capacity dry c\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eell\u003c\/strong\u003e\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre-digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(200, 41, 10);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLII - 1988 - Made in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes - CA(JP)","offer_id":29749123580001,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-88-CA(JP)","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"100 Minutes - CA(JP)","offer_id":49846278029604,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-88-CA","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Minutes EU(JP)","offer_id":51101952835876,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-88-EU(JP)","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes EU(JP)","offer_id":51101952966948,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-88-EU(JP)","price":11.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes - US(JP)","offer_id":51101961486628,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-88-US(JP)","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/B8CC26ED-4E88-4CFC-B1E1-C368A6F25813.jpg?v=1740700158"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-1992-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLII - 1992 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell. Has pronounced treble compared to it's competitor, the SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the version made for the American market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 46 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eLight scuffing. Rare Length. \u003cstrong\u003eNew! Only 1 available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 60 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Box-fresh to lightly scuffed cassettes. Like the one in the pictures, apart from about 3 tapes showing a bit of scuffing. \u003cstrong\u003eRare length and very few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eNearly all box-fresh cassettes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 100 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eNearly all box-fresh cassettes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 90 Minutes: B-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderately scuffed wrapper with one rip 5mmx3mm on the left corner one one of the sides. See pic. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 100 Minutes: B-Grade: 4 Tapes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e Even better than the B-Grade 90 Minutes tapes above. These only have small wrapper blemishes, no visible cracks of any kind. Again, not worth taking pictures of these nearly perfect tapes. Take a chance, and you'll be glad. The last C100 tape to be given out has the rarer white \"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" letters on the spine of the cassette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the pictures in this listing: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe last 3 pictures are from a tape already sold. They will be removed at a later date. They are pics of a B-Grade C46.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell XLII - 1992 - US (Made in Japan)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"46 Minutes","offer_id":51134946050340,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C46-92-US(JP)","price":12.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":29749124169825,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-92-US(JP)","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749124137057,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-92-US(JP)","price":9.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":31516713091169,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-92-US(JP)","price":9.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50193391878436,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-92-US(JP)-B","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50193392337188,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-92-US(JP)-B","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/200B517D-2D47-42E2-8EAE-FFAF1B8C9B01.jpg?v=1770229139"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-2000-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 2000 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLII - 2000 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHas pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis for the American market, hence why it's classed as a collectible in the EU and oddly enough they are the scarcest year of this type of Maxell XLII tape that runs from 1996-2002. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rare Year and Length. \u003cstrong\u003eTwo (2) available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e This year is hard to find. \u003cstrong\u003eWe've got a few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 100 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eLightly to moderately scuffed wrapper. No cuts, no tears. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly (1) available. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLII - 2000 - US (Made in Mexico)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":39567233613921,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-00-US(MX)","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749124857953,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-00-US(MX)","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":32585816211553,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-00-US(MX)","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/692971DE-C261-4FC1-8F06-7C4290162B61.jpg?v=1756531866"},{"product_id":"maxell-udii-cd-2002-us","title":"Maxell UDII CD - 2002 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UDII CD - 2002 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This UDII is a brilliant Type II. Unlike it's contemporary XLII (With which has a different, opaque, shell) the treble isn't so pronounced on these. Indeed this performs like an SA to our ear, so should give good results in decks that don't have manual bias controls. Although the shell is no wonder of creativity to look at, this is a very smooth and capable cassette.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ac0909;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 74 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eUnderrated cassettes. The last UDII to be produced by Maxell. Box-fresh, clean wrappers. Very few available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAlways hard to come by. Very few available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 110 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut of Stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 110 Minutes: B-Grade: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop left corner on the front has been torn off. See pictures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UDII cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Maxell UDII Cassette Tape\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 110, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDII CD - 2002 - US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"74 Minutes","offer_id":29749125120097,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C74-02-US(MX)","price":7.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":39552847773793,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-02-US(MX)","price":9.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"110 Minutes","offer_id":29749125152865,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C110-02-US(MX)","price":9.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"110 Minutes (B-Grade)","offer_id":48913810653476,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C110-02-US(MX)-B","price":8.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/BB0A7CD2-0AFB-4A30-9227-9763EF682FD1.jpg?v=1715663197"},{"product_id":"maxell-udi-1985-eu","title":"Maxell UDI - 1985 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UDI - 1985 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A legend of a cassette, when you take into account, shell quality, looks and performance. This could be our favourite \"basic\" Type 1 cassette, from a time that these were premium products and their build quality reflected that. Supposedly if you were getting hip hop bootlegs, direct from the studios, in the mid 80s USA, these are what they would come on.\"\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(11, 183, 45);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 73, 226);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut of stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(11, 183, 45);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2: 120 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Only \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on a Maxell UD cassette (1975!):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"1975 Maxell UD  Type 1 Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yotbXJbetnk\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yotbXJbetnk\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UDI - 1985 - US\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749130592353,"sku":"MAX-UDI-C90-85-US","price":19.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"120 Minutes","offer_id":44087073210660,"sku":"MAX-UDI-C120-85-US","price":29.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/Maxell_UDI_85_EU_Front.jpg?v=1566208967"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-s-1980-eu","title":"Maxell XLII-S - 1980 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 69, 184);\"\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1980 - EU\/US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Widely accepted as one of the preferred nostalgic lines of the Maxell brand. These are difficult tapes to adjust and calibrate. Apparently you need to put positive bias on these cassettes to get the best out of them, but that also means you get the bass.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTypical high-end quality Gold\/Black label that was only expected from Maxell's highest standards and choice of materials. Those days... early 80's, all top cassette companies competed to produce the best possible quality. Their aim was to beat their competition by achieving the best quality in everything... the tape, the shell, the label design, the wrapper, even the cardboard housing box had to be pretty!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 69, 184);\"\u003eCollector's Corner:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e The B-Grade choice for these cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThese tapes are 100% sealed, but all wrappers have split tears on them or some small blemish. A common trait for tapes during this time. It was the plastic of choice and it became very brittle over the years.\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9e0e0e;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe picture shown is the worst sample at hand... encased in a plastic bag to avoid further damage of the wrapper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 69, 184);\"\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes: EU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Nearly box-fresh cassettes with possible light scuffing, if at all. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly a few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 69, 184);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 minutes: EU: B-Grade:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Minor wrapper blemishes. Each of these will be inserted in a new small plastic bag to avoid further accidental wrapper damage. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 69, 184);\"\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes: US: B-Grade:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e The wrapper is extensively damaged. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(46, 69, 184);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1980 - EU\/US - Made in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes EU","offer_id":29749184790625,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C90-80-EU","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes EU (B-Grade)","offer_id":48876359188772,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C90-80-EU-B","price":19.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes US (B-Grade)","offer_id":52002054111524,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C90-80-US-B","price":19.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/8E01AFEF-6F3F-4363-B23E-A7AB38A84DE7.jpg?v=1770745924"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-s-1998-eu","title":"Maxell XLII-S - 2000 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(167, 131, 57);\"\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 2000 - EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell. Has pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA-X. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery Heavy Cassette tape, weighing in at 82 grams for the 100 minutes cassette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 100 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e New stock available December 16, 2024. All box-fresh cassettes, or close enough... Now at $10.49 each!\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eNew stock available May 2025. All box-fresh cassettes or just about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 60 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eOut of Stock. Rare Length.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(199, 43, 12);\"\u003eSee below a video by Tony Villa on these XLII-S tapes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JvByYedx_Hw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy, and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(167, 131, 57);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 2000 - EU (Made in England)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":29749184954465,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C100-00-EU","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749184921697,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C90-00-EU","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 minutes","offer_id":34082668904545,"sku":"MAX-XLIIS-C60-00-EU","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/4602AA6B-D14A-4C5A-A18D-CB6A3745280A.jpg?v=1774104479"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-1998-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 1998 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(217, 185, 59);\"\u003eMaxell XLII - 1998 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHas pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise. These were made in Japan and\/or assembled in Mexico. There is no visible difference between them, however we all know how we feel about products made in Japan and made anywhere else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins:\u003c\/strong\u003e Made in Japan. Wrappers with little or no scuffing. \u003cstrong\u003eA few available!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(212, 12, 12);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 Mins:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(212, 12, 12);\"\u003e Made in Mexico. Wrappers with little or no scuffing. \u003cstrong\u003e$7.98!!! Fewer available already!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Made in Japan. Wrappers with little or no scuffing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNote 4: 100 Mins:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Made in Japan. Wrappers with little or no scuffing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 90 Mins:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMade in Mexico. \u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThese have very clean wrappers, but may have one to two small rips, insignificant, and for whose objective is just to unwrap them and put them to use, they're good to go. However, they cannot be sold as perfectly new, box-fresh, with zero-blemishes... 'cause they're not. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat a deal at $7.38!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 100 Mins:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMade in Mexico. \u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThese have very clean wrappers, but may have one to two small rips, insignificant, and for whose objective is just to unwrap them and put them to use, they're good to go. However, they cannot be sold as perfectly new, box-fresh, with zero-blemishes... 'cause they're not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e SOLD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ec0a0a;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0b6604;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell XLII 1998 - US - Made in Mexico or Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes US(JP)","offer_id":47063755030820,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-98-US(JP)","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes US(MX)","offer_id":29749185052769,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-98-US(MX)","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes US(JP)","offer_id":44115572195620,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-98-US(JP)","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes US(JP)","offer_id":31517474488417,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-98-US-J","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes US(MX) B-Grade","offer_id":50196999766308,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-98-US(MX)-B","price":7.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes US(JP) B-Grade","offer_id":50197294154020,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-98-US(JP)-B","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/E58108AA-5334-429E-9862-E12358C54E32.jpg?v=1695186218"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-1986-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 1986 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell XLII - 1986 - US\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first generation of this classic cassette that featured the oval shell that Maxell would be renowned for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHas pronounced treble compared to its counterpart, the TDK SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eMade for the US market. Still have a few available. Very light to no scuffing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eCanadian version with\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBlue seal \"Super Sweepstakes\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eOnly one available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes: \u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eB-Grade (B101): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eCanadian version with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003eBlue seal \"Super Sweepstakes\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eFront is perfect. Back has one rip and one light cut (not a deep cut).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 4: 90 Minutes: B-Grade (B102): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eCanadian version with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0496b6;\"\u003eBlue seal \"Super Sweepstakes\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eFront is perfect. Two hairline cracks on the back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell XLII - 1986 - US\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749185937505,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-86-US(JP)","price":13.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes CA","offer_id":47041017774372,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-86-CA(JP)","price":14.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes CA (B101)","offer_id":50187863949604,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-86-CA(JP)-B101","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes CA (B102)","offer_id":50187865227556,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-86-CA(JP)-B102","price":13.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/0E51ECB5-4CCD-4091-A667-AF0D630E9294.jpg?v=1750217059"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-2002-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 2002 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(206, 156, 11);\"\u003eMaxell XLII - 2002 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The final generation of this classic cassette. Probably the last great Type II to be manufactured. Has pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Mexico made version for the American market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes: MX:  \u003c\/strong\u003eOne new one just got in. Tape made in Japan and assembled in Mexico. One tiny tear on the front (no pics). \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: MX:\u003c\/strong\u003e  These have a bit of glue residue from a price tag that someone tried to remove. Not very messy, but it can be cleaned off rather easily with some GooGone. Made in Mexico\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes: JP:\u003c\/strong\u003e  These simply cost you more... they were Made in Japan.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 4: 110 Minutes: MX: \u003c\/strong\u003e Some of these may show some scuffing, very few though. Made in Mexico.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 5: 60 Minutes: MX: B-Grade:  \u003c\/strong\u003eOne has one hairline crack on it, the other, it is just a mistreated wrapper. See pics. Made in Mexico.\u003cstrong\u003e SOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 90 Minutes: MX: B-Grade: \u003c\/strong\u003eMost of these have hairline cracks on them, but some don't. These mostly have wrapper issues, some with tiny rips, others with large tears. See pics.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 7: 90 Minutes: MX: B-Grade: \u003c\/strong\u003eCan't be sure, but it appears this one tape has a cracked case. Take a chance!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell XLII - 2002 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNote: \u003cspan style=\"color: #078f09;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade in Mexico\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. There are no visible differences between those made in Mexico and Japan, but the ones made in Japan are not as readily available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes (Mex)","offer_id":31517419569249,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-02-US(MX)","price":8.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes (Mex)","offer_id":29749186592865,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-02-US(MX)","price":8.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes (Japan)","offer_id":40442598260833,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-02-US(JP)","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"110 Minutes (Mex)","offer_id":31612861939809,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C110-02-US(MX)","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50197807661348,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-02-US(MX)-B","price":6.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50197808447780,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-02-US(MX)-B","price":7.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_0642_539d2e78-5110-4be3-87a3-8803500c01a5.jpg?v=1652459134"},{"product_id":"maxell-xli-s-1980-eu","title":"Maxell XLI-S - 1980 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1980 - EU\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome say the best Type I cassettes, are among some of the best cassettes...period. This, the best Type I Maxell made at the time, certainly fits that description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in 1980, when cassettes were relatively expensive, this Maxell XLI-S for the EU market could be the epitome of early 80s Type Is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorgeous to look at, a heavy well made shell and tape that really does capture the top end well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust a smidgen of negative bias, NR and plenty of level will make a fantastic copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePriced really for collection only, these still look so much cooler in your deck when taking pictures, rather than those poor quality \"Reel 2 Reel\" things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA true classic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes cassette:\u003c\/strong\u003e The wrapper has a couple of minor issues, 4 small rips, some are visible in the pictures. Only \u003cstrong\u003e(1)\u003c\/strong\u003e available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes cassette:\u003c\/strong\u003e Out of Stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1980 - EU\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":47039514607908,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C60-80-EU(JP)","price":32.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749187674209,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C90-80-EU(JP)","price":35.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/F59B1461-120B-4177-BA69-11907EC9BD04.jpg?v=1695056529"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1996-eu","title":"Maxell UR - 1996 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UR - 1996 - EU\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrange this. For some reason in 96 Maxell reverted the UR back to this classic oval shell design in the EU...they had the current design for 95-96, then reverted back to this for one year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps they found a glut of shells in warehouse? Regardless, it's an utterly classic Type I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat Maxell oval shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. Nothing more to say.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade in England!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UR - 1996 - EU\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749187838049,"sku":"MAX-UR-90-96-EU(UK)","price":4.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/Maxell_UR_EU_96_Front.jpg?v=1566209446"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1986-us","title":"Maxell UR - 1986 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #c00909;\"\u003eMaxell UR - 1986 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePossibly the finest incarnation of Maxell entry level Type I. Great shell, great looks and decent sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. Nothing more to say. You can get as good a performance for less money, so these are really only for collecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrange to think there was a time when entry level cassettes had shells the same as TOTL...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c00909;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 46 Minutes: SOLD.\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 60 Minutes: SOLD.\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e (1)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e available. This has one 1mm rip on the top edge ridge (front) repaired with  bit of clear tape. Not enough to be B-Graded. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c00909;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 60 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eB-Grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e One 3cm hairline crack on the front side of the case. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"315\" width=\"560\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1dVcmYKfKo\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UR - 1986 - US\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"46 Minutes","offer_id":47828218609956,"sku":"MAX-UR-C46-86-US(KR)","price":7.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":47828157858084,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-86-US(KR)","price":6.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749188821089,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-86-US(KR)","price":6.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Minutes (B-Grade)","offer_id":47828217889060,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-86-US(KR)-B","price":6.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/906C878D-699E-40B0-AFE5-081304818DB2.jpg?v=1704577042"},{"product_id":"maxell-udii-cd-1998-eu","title":"Maxell UDII CD - 1998 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #46057d;\"\u003eMaxell UDII CD - 1998 - EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This British made UDII is a brilliant Type II cassette. You will not be disappointed with this 1998 run, right in line with all previous UDII runs, that also never disappointed. Unlike it's contemporary XLII, the treble is slightly less aggressive with these UDII tapes. Indeed these performs more like a TDK SA to our ears, so they should give great results in decks that don't have manual bias controls.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Tony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese UDII feature a brilliant clear shell, with a high quality clear slip sheet. The design is simplistic yet very attractive, and there is still a lot of quality shinning trough these UDII tapes made in England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #46057d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLightly to moderately scuffed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Made in England and about the last of the UDII tape manufactured by Maxell.\u003cstrong\u003e Not exactly the tapes you see in the pictures. These are have a little bit of scuffing on the wrappers on the reverse side. The obverse (front) side appears to be about perfect. \u003cspan style=\"color: #46057d;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e11\u003c\/span\u003e at this price of $8.98 each!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: 90 Minutes: B-Grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e All have cracked cases, costing you $1.50 less. Sorry, no pictures available. Six\u003cspan style=\"color: #46057d;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e (6) available at $7.48!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UDII cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\" title=\"Maxell UDII Cassette Tape\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UDII CD - 1998 - EU\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749189410913,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-98-EU","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50479577104676,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-98-EU-B","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/EC3E6D6B-DEC0-4DBB-8622-5402DB651752.jpg?v=1765942026"},{"product_id":"maxell-udxl-ii-1977-us-eu","title":"Maxell UDXL-II - 1977 - US\/EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 129, 197);\"\u003eMaxell UDXL-II - 1977 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Made in 1977, when cassettes were relatively expensive, this Maxell UD-XLII gets our vote for the best looking cassette ever. You think of a stereotypical cassette, something that looks like this is usually what you think of. Gorgeous to look at, a heavy well made shell and tape that really does capture music well. You need to put negative bias on these cassettes to get the best out of them. The more modern UDXL-II admittedly sound better (after ~1985, new formulations), but these are a true classic, very iconic and very high on the nostalgic table standings.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollector's Notes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c70f0f;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThese are 45+ year old cassettes, their plastic wrapper is very brittle, and splits apart very easily due to the type of PVC shrink film they were using at the time. This is also evident in the TDK, and Fuji tapes from the 1975-1979 years. A tight retrofit plastic bag has been added to these tapes so as to keep their original wrappers as intact as possible. If you are collecting them, I suggest you keep them exactly as you get them. If they are to be used, then none of this matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c70f0f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Out of Stock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 129, 197);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e  The back of these tapes may be different than what is shown in the pictures. If this concerns you, please contact me. Thank you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UD cassettes (1975!):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yotbXJbetnk\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\" title=\"1975 Maxell UD  Type 1 Cassette\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yotbXJbetnk\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UDXL-II - 1977 - US\/EU\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749189738593,"sku":"MAX-UDXLII-C90-77-US\/EU","price":17.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/BC43EE2F-6DFF-4D83-8587-5A3AE59A37E7.jpg?v=1734717914"},{"product_id":"maxell-ud-xlii-1982-us","title":"Maxell UDXL II - 1982 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UDXL II - 1982 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A legend of a cassette, when you take into account, shell quality, looks and performance. This could be our favourite cassette, from a time that these were premium products and their build quality reflected that... These still look so much \"premium\" than some of the latter XLII. A true classic.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e These are not the rarest of tapes... they're just rarely offered. \u003cstrong\u003eOut of Stock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UDXL II - 1982 - US\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":29749189935201,"sku":"MAX-UDXLII-C90-82-US","price":18.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/Maxell_UDXLII_85_Front.jpg?v=1569356182"},{"product_id":"maxell-udii-1991-ca","title":"Maxell UDII Capsule - 1991 - CA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDII Capsule - 1991 - CA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c20606;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 100 Minutes: B-Grade: \u003c\/strong\u003eScuffed wrapper, \u003cstrong\u003escored open\u003c\/strong\u003e for pictures. It's the actual one shown here. Wrapper is 100% intact and still fully attached to the case. Never used or tested. 100% new. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003cbr\u003eSide note: \u003c\/strong\u003eLast one sold here was back in May 6, 2022. No new stock for almost 3 years (!)...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UDII cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Maxell UDII Cassette Tape\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout MAXELL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDII Capsule - 1991 - CA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"50 Minutes","offer_id":45154835104036,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C50-91-CA","price":12.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"100 Minutes - B-Grade B101","offer_id":31528953315425,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C100-91-CA","price":11.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_2838.jpg?v=1636464993"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1991-eu","title":"Maxell UR - 1991 - EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell UR - 1991 - EU\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An utterly classic type I cassette. Great Maxell oval shell. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. Nothing more to say.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 1: 120 Minutes: Out of Stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UR - 1991 - EU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"120 Minutes","offer_id":32088529109089,"sku":"MAX-UR-C120-91-EU","price":9.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_1194.jpg?v=1587504249"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1998-us-1","title":"Maxell UR - 1998 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 11, 11);\"\u003eMaxell UR - 1998\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The most common cassette in the world. The only audio cassette still being made brand new that's readily available. The 90 version is made in Panggung in Indonesia for Maxell, the 60 version is made by Saehan. These are not vintage and nor rare. However, that doesn't mean that this isn't a very capable Type I. Indeed, to our ears, it does its illustrious forefathers justice. These do need NR, and negative bias, but if you just want a cassette to use with gay abandon, in your walkmans, in your car, then there's no real need to spend more...unless you want to.\"\u003c\/em\u003e By \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 11, 11);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e It's a 1996-98 with smooth hubs, but it has a \"Clear\" wrapper (like the 2002), as opposed to the one shown, which has a lot of \"Gold\" sparkles on the front side. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 11, 11);\"\u003eRare transition cassette.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 11, 11);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOnly 1 available!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 11, 11);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIt's odd how scarce these are. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(213, 11, 11);\"\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e Smooth hubs.\u003c\/strong\u003e These are even scarcer. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 2 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssembled in Mexico.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UR - 1998 - Made in Mexico, S. Korea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":39267441442913,"sku":"MAX-UR-60-98-US(KR)","price":2.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":32579513647201,"sku":"MAX-UR-90-98-US(MX)","price":2.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes Smooth Hubs (SH)","offer_id":51473061511460,"sku":"MAX-UR-90-98-US(MX)-SH","price":2.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_2832.jpg?v=1636463943"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-s-1992-us","title":"Maxell XLII-S - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(153, 130, 61);\"\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1992 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell. Has pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA-X. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's Corner: (1) \u003c\/strong\u003eThis 1992 version is scarce. Want the same tape, but cheaper? \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(126, 21, 21);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook at the 2000 UK version, now at $8.99 for a C100!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Other versions like the 1991 and 1998 are also less common, and more expensive to buy, but cheaper than this 1992 version. \u003cstrong\u003eMade in Japan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's Corner: (2)\u003c\/strong\u003e White \/ Black Letters Variants: This 1992 run of XLII-S tape has two (2) significant variants. One has black \u003cstrong\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/strong\u003e letters on the front, while the apparently scarcer variant, has white \u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003emaxell\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e letters. See picture below:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/5E766130-F11E-400D-8DBB-FCDE108F1CE6.jpg?v=1756678272\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: Black letters\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"maxell\":\u003c\/strong\u003e Rare length. Lightly to moderately scuffed wrappers. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 60 Mins: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eWhite letters\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003emaxell\u003c\/span\u003e\". Out of Stock.\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins: Black letters \"maxell\": \u003c\/strong\u003eBox-fresh cassettes. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 3 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eWhite letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003emaxell\u003c\/span\u003e\":\u003c\/strong\u003e Lightly scuffed, if at all. Very\u003cstrong\u003e few available. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 100 Mins: Black letters \"maxell\": \u003c\/strong\u003eWrappers have light to no scuffing. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 100 Mins:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhite letters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003emaxell\u003c\/span\u003e\":\u003c\/strong\u003e Mostly box-fresh cassettes. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 7: 90 Mins:  Black letters \"maxell\": B-Grade. \u003c\/strong\u003eBox-fresh cassette, however this one has a 3.4cm (1 3\/8\") hairline crack on the front of the case. Actual picture shown.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne 1 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 8: 100 Mins: Black letters \"maxell\": B-Grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e Very clean tapes on the front, but they have other blemishes, mostly on the the back. Someone added some clear caulking on the back of them, probably for display purposes. They are otherwise fairly pristine. \u003cstrong\u003eGood deal! Two (2)\u003c\/strong\u003e pictures shown here, one with a pink rubber band on the top right hand corner, the other showing the caulking spread on the reverse side. There is one that has caulking and a tear on the reverse side. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 9: 100 Mins: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eWhite letters\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003emaxell\u003c\/span\u003e\": B-Grade: \u003c\/strong\u003eBox-fresh cassettes, however, just like the ones from Note #8, these also have some clear caulking on the reverse side. Only 1 picture of the back is shown. \u003cstrong\u003eVery few available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 10: 90 Mins: Black Letters \"maxell': C-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two cassettes with broken cases that need to be replaced. Some damage on the J-cards as well. Cassettes are still sealed and appear to be in perfect shape and fit for use. See pictures.\u003cstrong\u003e $8.92 each. Only 2 available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003eMade in Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1992 - Made in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes BL","offer_id":51106841231652,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C60-92-US(JP)-BL","price":13.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Minutes WL","offer_id":45198411727140,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C60-92-US(JP)-WL","price":14.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes BL","offer_id":40233489662049,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-92-US(JP)-BL","price":13.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes WL","offer_id":47765512159524,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-92-US(JP)-WL","price":14.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins BL","offer_id":51038458675492,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-92-US(JP)-BL","price":13.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins WL","offer_id":52631277044004,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-92-US(JP)-WL","price":14.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins BL B-Grade","offer_id":50166511698212,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-92-US(JP)-B","price":12.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins BL B-Grade","offer_id":40034597830753,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-92-US(JP)-B","price":12.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins WL B-Grade","offer_id":52631277699364,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-92-US(JP)-WL-B","price":13.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins BL C-Grade","offer_id":52635193901348,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-92-US(JP)-C","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/0BABB46B-BC94-482E-9983-88F4176EAB08.jpg?v=1774138975"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-1996-us","title":"Maxell XLII - 1996 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLII - 1996 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell. Has pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese were all \u003cstrong\u003eMade in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rare length. One has a cut on an edge (repaired), and it looks fine. Very few available and rarely offered. \u003cstrong\u003eNo stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis 1996 run is always difficult to find. Get them while you can. These are all box-fresh tapes or thereabouts, one has 3 tiny rips (repaired) on the corners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 100 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Box-fresh cassettes or just about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 100 Minutes: B-Grade: 3 Tapes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e See the one picture, that shows all the blemishes worth mentioning on these 3 tapes. \u003cstrong\u003ePrice is per each tape: $8.99\u003cbr\u003eNote 5: 90 Minutes: B-Grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e One tear off  the wrapper on the front side. Top left corner. One 0.5cm rip on the reverse side. See pics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b30707;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade in Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes - US","offer_id":32609325121633,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-96-US(JP)","price":8.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes - US","offer_id":32609325056097,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-96-US(JP)","price":9.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes - US","offer_id":32609325088865,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-96-US(JP)","price":9.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50193510301988,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-96-US(JP)-B","price":8.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":50697042755876,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-96-US(JP)-B","price":8.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_1455.jpg?v=1632018354"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-1989-us-1","title":"Maxell XLII - 1989 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLII - 1989 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell. Has pronounced treble compared to it's competitor, the SA. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a modified release of the 1988 issue. The slight changes made it a most desirable and favourite of these lines of Maxell XLII cassettes. It has the same bar-code number. The difference is the shell has been redesigned into a more oval shape and it has the name \u003cspan style=\"color: #da0404;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein red on top of the oval window. Made for the North American market. These are rarer a find than the earlier 1988 release, and even more so, rarely offered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #bd0505;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: Round case: US: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut of Stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2: 90 Mins: Round case: US:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOne \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e available. Light to moderate scuffing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 100 Mins: Round case: US:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLight scuffing, most are box-fresh. \u003cstrong\u003eThere are a few available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: Round Case: US: B-Grade: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOne \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e available. Hairline crack on the front side of the case. \u003cstrong\u003eB-Grade.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 90 Mins: Square case: US:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Too few available. Very clean, about box-fresh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 100 Mins: Square case: US:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTwo \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e available. Generic pictures used. Light to moderately scuffed wrappers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 7: 90 Mins: Square case: CA:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOne \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 8: 100 Mins: Square case: CA:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTwo \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e available. Lightly scuffed wrappers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch below a video by Tony Villa about a Maxell XLII tape, and others:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T74V0ADD3s0?si=F_OTCInl8NnD-BYS\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT MAXELL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell XLII - 1989 - US (Made in Japan)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"C60 US Round Case","offer_id":44112910123300,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C60-89-US-R","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"C90 US Round Case","offer_id":32761672335457,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-89-US-R","price":12.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"C100 US Round Case","offer_id":50510874378532,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-89-US(JP)-RD","price":12.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"C90 US Round Case B-Grade","offer_id":51101633052964,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-89-US(JP)-RD-BGrade","price":11.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"C90 US Square Case","offer_id":50166943449380,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-89-US(JP)-SQ","price":12.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"C100 US Square Case","offer_id":39313633443937,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-89-US(JP)-SQ","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"C90 CA Square Case","offer_id":49846256009508,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C90-89-CA(JP)-SQ","price":12.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"C100 CA Square Case","offer_id":49846256075044,"sku":"MAX-XLII-C100-89-CA(JP)-SQ","price":12.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_ea189bae-8e90-4993-af7c-3eecac363e37.jpg?v=1733679174"},{"product_id":"maxell-ur-1996-us","title":"Maxell UR - 1996 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(219, 8, 8);\"\u003eMaxell UR - 1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe UR is still the most common and available cassette in the world. However, that doesn't mean that this isn't a very capable Type I. Indeed, to our ears, it does its illustrious forefathers justice. These do need NR, and negative bias, but if you just want a cassette to use with gay abandon, in your Walkman, in your car, then there's no real need to spend more... unless you want to.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot vintage, and not ultra rare, however this 1996 version has become rather scarce. When you hold these in your hands and see them up close, you can still see and feel the quality and the attention to detail from Maxell. The high standards were still 100% there, as were the parts flowing from Japan to the assembly lines in Mexico. Just the difference in the way the magnetic tape pancake is cut so smoothly, as compared some of those manufactured after 2002... Not to mention how much darker the tape was back then. Quality will continue to be compromised as we head into the 2000's, not greatly, but improvements (?)... that part of cassette manufacturing is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(219, 8, 8);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly \u003cstrong\u003e(5)\u003c\/strong\u003e available. 60 minutes is consistently a much scarcer length. There's a 6th one with a cracked case, front and back.  Buy 3 and get this cracked case one FREE, simple!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(219, 8, 8);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThese are hard to come by, however a recent acquisition allowed me to drop the prices from $4.96 to $3.96 each! July 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(219, 8, 8);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(219, 8, 8);\"\u003eAssembled in Mexico, under Japanese QC supervision. Parts are from Japan. These tapes have undeniable quality. Also, notice the smooth hubs. These smooth hubs were used by Maxell from about 1988 to about 1996 on many of their cassettes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell UR - 1996 - Assembled in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":39267445538913,"sku":"MAX-UR-C60-96-US(MX)","price":3.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":39267439706209,"sku":"MAX-UR-C90-96-US(MX)","price":3.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_1930.jpg?v=1615567891"},{"product_id":"maxell-xlii-s-1988-eu","title":"Maxell XLII-S - 1988 - EU\/US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1988 - EU\/US\/CA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A classic Type II. Great tape with a great shell. Has pronounced treble compared to it's contemporary, the SA-X. Best used with decks with bias adjustment. This however gives it great bass too. When you get the bias right, this is a remarkably good cassette with superb dynamic range and low noise.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e60 Mins: Made in England: EU\/US:\u003c\/strong\u003e  These tapes are \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eflawless, box-fresh, making them RARE in this condition. LAST \u003cstrong\u003e(2)\u003c\/strong\u003e available.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e60 Mins: US: \u003c\/strong\u003e OUT OF STOCK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins: EU:\u003c\/strong\u003e  This cassette with 3 Languages was made for the EU market. Only (1) available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: US: \u003c\/strong\u003e Low inventory. Light scuffed wrappers with a small rip (repaired). Insignificant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 5: 100 Mins: US: \u003c\/strong\u003e Low inventory. Nearly box-fresh tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 90 Mins: CA: \u003c\/strong\u003e This cassette is made in Japan for the Canadian market. Notice the\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Black seal on the front side. Low inventory. You may get a lightly scuffed wrapper. No rips, no cuts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 7: 100 Mins: US: \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003eB-Grade: B101:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLooks like someone started to open it, by peeling off the opening strip, but then left it at that. It's obvious no one ever used this tape. See Picture. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003eNote 8: 100 Mins: \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003eUS: B-Grade: B102:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBox-fresh cassette with one 2.4cm (1\") hairline crack on the front side. See Picture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b80505;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Only 1 available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre-digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLII-S - 1988 - EU\/US\/CA - Made in Japan \u0026amp; England.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ac0b0b;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eCollector’s Corner: Hazy Windows…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell’s 1986–1991 line is known for its hazy see‑through windows, often making collectors wonder whether the cloudiness is residue or something worse. I finally tested it by opening a sealed MX with a bad wrapper but a foggy window. After disassembling the shell, a lightly damp microfiber cloth with diluted Windex cleared the haze completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReassembling it back onto the second shell was fiddly, but the result confirmed it: the haze isn’t permanent. If you’re opening one of these for use, take a moment to clean the windows... the tapes look far better with a clear, sharp view.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/2A29BC67-B598-412C-B251-1849472A1E4B.jpg?v=1734630360\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"449\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Mins EU(UK)","offer_id":39271922040929,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C60-88-EU(UK)","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Mins US(JP)","offer_id":50166464774436,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C60-88-US(JP)","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Mins EU(JP)","offer_id":50200139956516,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-88-EU(JP)","price":17.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins US(JP)","offer_id":50166464807204,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-88-US(JP)","price":16.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins US(JP)","offer_id":39816412954721,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-88-US(JP)","price":16.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Mins CA(JP)","offer_id":50166464839972,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C90-88-CA(JP)","price":17.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins US(JP) B101","offer_id":50200036213028,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-88-US(JP)-B101","price":14.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Mins US(JP) B102","offer_id":52632936579364,"sku":"MAX-XLII-S-C100-88-US(JP)-B102","price":14.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/54A607F2-0C49-4F39-982E-3D44EEC46A51.jpg?v=1733636352"},{"product_id":"maxell-capsule-1990-us","title":"Maxell Metal Capsule - 1990 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003eMaxell Metal Capsule - 1990 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fantastic Type IV, from the more affordable Maxell line of tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003eNote 1: 100 Minutes: CA:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e These have the Canadian \"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\" black seal on them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAll the wrappers have a fair amount of scuffing, may have a tiny rip, but no cuts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNote 2: 100 Minutes: US:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAll wrappers have a fair amount of scuffing, or in other words, they are not box-fresh. Two of them have one tiny rip each (repaired), and can hardly be spotted.\u003cstrong\u003e SOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003eNote 3: 100 Minutes: CA: B-Grade:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e These have the Canadian \"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\" black seal on them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e SOLD.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 30, 163);\"\u003eMaxell Metal Capsule - 1990 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"100 Minutes CA","offer_id":50221695893796,"sku":"MAX-CAP-IV-C100-90-CA(JP)","price":31.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes US","offer_id":39338390847585,"sku":"MAX-CAP-IV-C100-90-US(JP)","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"100 Minutes CA B-Grade","offer_id":50221696024868,"sku":"MAX-CAP-IV-C100-90-CA(JP)-B","price":28.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/A38D9242-54CA-4B73-9444-26DC187D0777.jpg?v=1758521490"},{"product_id":"maxell-udii","title":"MAXELL UDII","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b30707;\"\u003eMaxell UDII - 1988 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"We think these were designed to be more compatible with many decks that were calibrated to the TDK SA in the factory, than its XL brothers. These bias almost the same as the SA and sound just a touch \"smoother\" to our ears.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Tony Villa.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly one of our favourite cassettes back in the day, and still true today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: EU. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eModerately to heavily scuffed wrapper with one pressure crack on the front left side, and one small rip (1.3mmx.02mm) on the front side right edge. See pics. Rare length. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eOne 1 available. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 Mins: CA. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eThese have the diamond shaped seal for the \u003cstrong\u003e\"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. may be lightly to moderately scuffed, but mostly are box-fresh cassettes. \u003cstrong\u003eFew available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins: UK. \u003c\/strong\u003eMade in England! How rare are these now?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: US. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eMade in Japan. Two \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available. Lightly scuffed wrappers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 5: 100 Mins: US. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eMade in Japan. This variant may have rolled out ~1992. These shells are much darker when compared to those of the 1988 version. Only 1 available and it may be a very rare variant of this tape. This is definitely a transitional piece. It is the 1992 US version cassette on the 1988 US plastic wrapper. \u003cstrong\u003eSOLD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 6: 90 Mins: CA. B-Grade: (B101): \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eMade in Japan. Produced for the Canadian Market. It has the diamond shaped seal for the \"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\". Made in Japan. The wrapper is rather scuffed and it has 2 price stickers from Canadian long gone BiWay department stores. No cuts, no rips.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(B101): #2: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eNo price stickers, no visible cracks, but it's moderately scuffed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e(B101)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: #3: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOne 1.9cm hairline crack on the back of the case, no price stickers, just one large part of the front wrapper torn off. See pictures! Careful! Here you get what you get, or send me an email with your request.\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b10707;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 3 available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e71212;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f098e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eClick on the link below to watch a video by Tony Villa on Maxell UDII cassettes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Maxell UDII Cassette Tape\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;amp;list=PPSV\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ShWXjGR74\u0026amp;list=PPSV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e5ShWXjGR74?si=pa4xXe2YnCsM1R0S\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi, remains central to its identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell UDII - 1988 - Made in Japan or England\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes EU","offer_id":51987294093604,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C60-88-EU(JP)","price":9.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes (Canada)","offer_id":39346204606561,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-88-CA","price":9.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes (UK)","offer_id":50146017706276,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-88-UK","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes (USA)","offer_id":51101758685476,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-92-US","price":9.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes (USA)","offer_id":47428910645540,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C100-92-US","price":10.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes CA (B101)","offer_id":50187923063076,"sku":"MAX-UDII-C90-88-CA-B101","price":8.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/00585213-F35A-4312-8421-FD85D4931E0F.jpg?v=1770239378"},{"product_id":"maxell-mx-1990-us","title":"Maxell MX - 1990 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003eMaxell MX - 1990 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The same unmistakable Maxell Type IV as always. A legendary and superbly capable cassette. Still looking and sounding great as always, now in a new shell design. You've got to be rich (or nuts) to buy this to open and record on, but this is a fantastic Type IV if that's what you want.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e  Square edged case. Lightly scuffed wrapper\u003cstrong\u003e. SOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003eNote 2: 110 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e  Round edge case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLightly to moderately scuffed wrapper and one tiny 1mmx1mm rip on the front. One other small tear on the reverse side (top right hand corner). Actual pictures provided.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Only 1 available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003eNote 3: 110 Minutes:\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Square edged case. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLightly to moderately scuffed wrapper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0845ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(8, 69, 171);\"\u003eMaxell MX - 1990 - US - Made in Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":39366999146593,"sku":"MAX-MX-C90-90-US","price":34.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"110 Minutes Round edge case","offer_id":39367005962337,"sku":"MAX-MX-C110-90-US","price":34.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"110 minutes Square edge case","offer_id":52781212139812,"sku":null,"price":34.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_1821.jpg?v=1621349282"},{"product_id":"maxell-mx-1992-us","title":"Maxell MX - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003eMaxell MX - 1992 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The same unmistakable Maxell Type IV as always. A legendary and superbly capable cassette.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill looking and sounding great as always, now in an almost \"military grade\" shell design. Very sturdy and heavier than most other brands. This is a fantastic Type IV and priced well below other more collectible \"Precious Metals\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's Corner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cassettes with the \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(146, 144, 144);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e white letters are scarcer than the ones with the \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e black letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e  Lightly scuffed wrapper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e. White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(146, 144, 144);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eon the bottom edge, left side.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 1 available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e  Lightly scuffed wrapper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBlack letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eon the bottom edge, left side.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 2: 110 minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e  Lightly scuffed wrapper. Black letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"maxell\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(207, 172, 55);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eon the bottom edge, left side. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 143, 55);\"\u003eNote 3: 110 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSame as above, but with white letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(155, 151, 151);\"\u003emaxell\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e on the bottom edge, left side. Much rarer. See the very last picture. \u003cstrong\u003eSOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaxell MX - 1992 - US\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"C90 White Letters","offer_id":52781222986020,"sku":"MAX-MX-C90-92-US(JP)-WL","price":33.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"C90 Black Letters","offer_id":45157236834596,"sku":"MAX-MX-C90-92-US(JP)-BL","price":32.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"C110 Black Letters","offer_id":39605832188001,"sku":"MAX-MX-C110-92-US(JP)-BL","price":32.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"C110 White Letters","offer_id":39605832220769,"sku":"MAX-MX-C110-92-US(JP)-WL","price":33.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/9CD918F6-3193-4CD7-A58A-7DBEF9C1B503.jpg?v=1775517562"},{"product_id":"maxell-mx-1987-us","title":"Maxell MX - 1987 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell MX - 1987 - US\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same unmistakable Maxell Type IV as always.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA legendary and superbly capable cassette. Still looking and sounding great as always, now in a new shell design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE: New and sealed, but minor scuffing present on the wrappers, evident on the pictures. LAST ONE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaxell MX - 1987 - US\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":40034661236833,"sku":"MAX-MX-C90-87-US","price":33.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/IMG_2970.jpg?v=1652768703"},{"product_id":"maxell-ul-1983-eu","title":"Maxell LN\/UL - 1982\/83 - US\/EU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 107, 174);\"\u003eMaxell LN\/UL - 1982\/83 - US\/EU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Great shells, great vintage look and decent sound. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. You can get as good a performance for less money, so these are mainly for collecting as they are quite rare.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #af0d0d;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(209, 16, 16);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #af0d0d;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(209, 16, 16);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Mins: LN: 1982: US: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eLightly to moderately scuffed wrapper. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #af0d0d;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 1 available:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 60 Mins: UL: 1983: EU: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe wrapper is lightly scuffed.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #af0d0d;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 1 available: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(50, 156, 242);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 107, 174);\"\u003eNote 3: 90 Mins: UL: 1983: EU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 1 available. These tapes sealed, are simply a rare find. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(50, 156, 242);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 107, 174);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 4: 90 Mins: UL: 1983: EU: B-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Only 1 available. One tiny rip on the wrapper (lower right side). There is also a hairline crack right in the middle of the case (front). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell LN\/UL - 1982\/83 - US\/EU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes US","offer_id":51962569130276,"sku":null,"price":15.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 Minutes EU","offer_id":47447404183844,"sku":"MAX-UL-C60-83-EU(JP)","price":15.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes EU","offer_id":40407042359393,"sku":"MAX-UL-C90-83-EU(JP)","price":15.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes EU B-Grade","offer_id":50187148788004,"sku":"MAX-UL-C90-83-EU(JP)-B","price":14.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/D28EC039-B5DE-43C4-A0EA-25DB5A00F2BA.jpg?v=1698371821"},{"product_id":"maxell-xl-i-s-1986","title":"Maxell XLI-S - 1986 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1986 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are considering this cassette, it is very likely because you know their real value in terms of their capability and performance for exceptional sound reproduction. Some well-known Super Ferric tapes, such as this one, are now highly sought after. These will perform so well that if you close the \"curtain\" on someone and ask them what Type of tape they are listening to, many will have trouble deciphering whether they are listening to a Type I Super Ferric, High-end Type II, or a Type IV Metal tape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are Type I though, and their advantage is that they can be played on any basic cassette player, Walkman, boom.box, and all the way to the most sophisticated cassette decks, without the need for the 70microseconds chrome\/metal setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e SOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(22, 156, 170);\"\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLight to no scuffing. One\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eavailable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersonal side NOTE:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Maxell line-up (1986~1991) has a very unusual and annoying hazy see-through window. According to Julian of Ontario, Canada, it was due to Maxell’s choice of polystyrene used that is the cause of this problem. A slow chemical reaction with the air makes these windows go “foggy” after a while. I truly dislike this characteristic about this Maxell run of cassettes, and so I decided to see for myself, if this haze could be removed by wiping the window down from the inside of the cassette. I unsealed a brand-new Maxell MX with a bad wrapper, that had this annoying hazy window. I removed the screws and then opened the shells apart carefully. I removed the first slip sheet off to the side (that was easy) and proceeded to wipe down the window of that \"easy\" first shell. Lo and behold, wiping off the inside of the window worked beautifully! I applied a gentle amount of watered-down Windex onto a micro-fiber cloth, and this dull and hazy window immediately turned into a super sharp and clean looking window. Cleaning the window from the other shell was way more \"difficult\". You will need the patience of a saint to put it all back as it should be. Conclusion? If you are going to unwrap one of these up for use, go that extra mile and wipe these \"hazy\" windows and enjoy these brilliant tapes from Maxell looking clear and sharp! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSee the last picture of this collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1986 - US\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":44085959622948,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C60-86-US(JP)","price":26.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":44085043953956,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C90-86-US(JP)","price":28.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_bfd8e003-3089-45a9-9706-a92d611590aa.jpg?v=1669088828"},{"product_id":"maxell-xli-s-1988-jp","title":"Maxell XLI-S - 1988 - JP","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1988 - JP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking at this cassette, it’s because you already know what it can deliver. These Super Ferric formulations earned their reputation by performing surprisingly close to Metal tapes... but with one huge advantage. As a Type I (120 µs) tape, it can be played and recorded on virtually any device: basic portables, boomboxes, Walkmans, car decks, or top‑tier Hi‑Fi machines. No special EQ settings, no compatibility worries, and none of the long‑term head wear associated with Metal formulations. You get exceptional performance with the broadest range of real‑world use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 74\/100 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eWrapper show light scuffing throughout. No rips.\u003cstrong\u003e SOLD. Unlikely to return to inventory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector’s Corner:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaxell’s 1986–1991 line is known for its hazy see‑through windows, often making collectors wonder whether the cloudiness is residue or something worse. I finally tested it by opening a sealed MX with a bad wrapper but a foggy window. After disassembling the shell, a lightly damp microfiber cloth with diluted Windex cleared the haze completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReassembling it back onto the second shell was fiddly, but the result confirmed it: the haze isn’t permanent. If you’re opening one of these for use, take a moment to clean the windows... the tapes look far better with a clear, sharp view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1988 - JP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"74 Minutes","offer_id":44086131982628,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C74-86-JP","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":44086146531620,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C100-88-JP","price":24.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"100 Minutes (Digital)","offer_id":44086237528356,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C100-88-JP(D)","price":24.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_7bf7855a-a13c-407c-b7c1-950679bb9e37.jpg?v=1669091521"},{"product_id":"maxell-xli-s-1988-us","title":"Maxell XLI-S - 1988 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(110, 110, 110);\"\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1988 - US\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking at this cassette, it’s because you already know what it can deliver. These Super Ferric formulations earned their reputation by performing surprisingly close to Metal tapes... but with one huge advantage. As a Type I (120 µs) tape, it can be played and recorded on virtually any device: basic portables, boomboxes, Walkmans, car decks, or top‑tier Hi‑Fi machines. No special EQ settings, no compatibility worries, and none of the long‑term head wear associated with Metal formulations. You get exceptional performance with the broadest range of real‑world use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 76, 76);\"\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  Little to no scuffing. Clean and real paper sticker with the \"Maxell Super Sweepstakes\" with the Canadian Maple Leaf applied over the wrapper.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 76, 76);\"\u003e Very few available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 76, 76);\"\u003eNote 2: 60 Minutes: B-Grade:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  Lightly more scuffed than the ones above, and the paper sticker is more aged and worn down.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 76, 76);\"\u003e Only 1 available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 76, 76);\"\u003eNote 3: 90 Minutes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  Lightly scuffed wrapper. No rips.\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(114, 75, 75);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(77, 76, 76);\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector’s Corner:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaxell’s 1986–1991 line is known for its hazy see‑through windows, often making collectors wonder whether the cloudiness is residue or something worse. I finally tested it by opening a sealed MX with a bad wrapper but a foggy window. After disassembling the shell, a lightly damp microfiber cloth with diluted Windex cleared the haze completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReassembling it back onto the second shell was fiddly, but the result confirmed it: the haze isn’t permanent. If you’re opening one of these for use, take a moment to clean the windows... the tapes look far better with a clear, sharp view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1988 - US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":52781006192932,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C60-88-US(JP)","price":25.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 Minutes B-Grade","offer_id":52781006586148,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C60-88-US(JP)-B","price":24.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":44086252044580,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C90-88-US(JP)","price":26.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/1DFB0971-78D1-4E12-A105-82B665AFD0D0.jpg?v=1775510998"},{"product_id":"maxell-xli-s-1992-us","title":"Maxell XLI-S - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1992 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eIf you’re looking at this cassette, it’s because you already know what it can deliver. These Super Ferric formulations earned their reputation by performing surprisingly close to Metal tapes... but with one huge advantage. As a Type I (120\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eµ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003es) tape, it can be played and recorded on virtually any device: basic portables, boomboxes, Walkmans, car decks, or top‑tier Hi‑Fi machines. No special EQ settings, no compatibility worries, and none of the long‑term head wear associated with Metal formulations. You get exceptional performance with the broadest range of real‑world use.\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 90 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eWrapper show light scuffing throughout. No rips.\u003cstrong\u003e Last one! SOLD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Company (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Vhs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Popular culture\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" title=\"Audio cassette\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1992 - US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":44086361162020,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C90-92-US","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/image_059912c3-604a-42cc-9e61-b502540c2e24.jpg?v=1683605452"},{"product_id":"maxell-xli-s-1994-eu","title":"Maxell XLI-S - 1994 - EU","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1994 - EU\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf you are considering this cassette, it is very likely because you know their real value in terms of their capability and performance for exceptional sound reproduction. Some well-known Super Ferric tapes, such as this one, are now highly sought after. These will perform so well that if you close the \"curtain\" on someone, and ask them what Type of tape they are listening to, many will have trouble deciphering whether they are listening to a Type I Super Ferric, High-end Type II. or a Type IV Metal tape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese are Type I though, and their advantage is that they can be played on any basic cassette player, Walkman, boom.box, and all the way to the most sophisticated cassette decks, without the need for the 70microseconds chrome\/metal setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE: Wrappers show light scuffing throughout. No rips. The 90 minutes cassette has a cracked case. Priced lower.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxell XLI-S - 1994 - EU - Made in England\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":44086613639460,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C60-94-EU","price":26.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"90 Minutes (Cracked)","offer_id":44086613672228,"sku":"MAX-XLIS-C90-94-EU","price":27.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_0b6ca9a8-03ea-475c-b565-fe5bfc4e6f21.jpg?v=1736532318"},{"product_id":"maxell-xli-1992-us","title":"Maxell XLI - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell XLI - 1992 - US\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are considering this cassette, it is very likely because you know their real value in terms of their capability and performance for exceptional sound reproduction. Some of these well-known Super Ferric tapes are now incredibly sought after because of one major reason. These will perform so well that if you close the \"curtain\" on someone and ask him what Type of tape they are listening to, most will not be able to tell. The main reason why these are superior is simple. They can be played on any basic cassette player, Walkman, boom.box, and all the way to the most sophisticated Nakamucho-like valued high-end cassette decks, without the need for the 70microseconds chrome\/metal setting. This one falls only behind to its richer cousin, the XLI-S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 60 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eBox-fresh cassettes, but they do have some light scuffing. Low inventory available.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote 2: 90 Minutes: (1) \u003c\/strong\u003eOne cassette has been open for pictures and it's been put into a custom plastic bag to avoid any further handling. Wrapper is still attached to the case and it stays on, it does not fall off. It has some unusual factory scuffing on the front shell of the cassette. It's a bit annoying that it's there. For a tape made in Japan back in 1992, the slightest blemish, would mean the end of your employment! \u003cstrong\u003e(2) \u003c\/strong\u003eThe other tape has some clear packaging tape on it on the wrapper. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 2 available.\u003cbr\u003eNote 3: 100 Minutes: \u003c\/strong\u003eThese have quite clean wrappers with no cuts, rips or cracks, but they do have some definite scuffing on them. Only \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available. They are pictures 2 and 3 of the obverse side shown here for these C100 length. (Not pic #1, which has long sold now). Selling one at a time, and you will get that will be randomly picked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote : 100 Minutes: B-Grade: SOLD. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell Holdings, Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003e日立マクセル株式会社\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eHitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha\u003c\/em\u003e), commonly known as \u003cstrong\u003eMaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" title=\"Japan\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company_(law)\" title=\"Company (law)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecompany\u003c\/a\u003e that manufactures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_electronics\" title=\"Consumer electronics\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003econsumer electronics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMaxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibaraki,_Osaka\" title=\"Ibaraki, Osaka\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eIbaraki, Osaka\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitto_Denko\" title=\"Nitto Denko\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eNitto Denko\u003c\/a\u003e Corporation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange\" title=\"Tokyo Stock Exchange\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003eTokyo Stock Exchange\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-7\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-7\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe company's notable products are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battery_(electricity)\" title=\"Battery (electricity)\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ebatteries\u003c\/a\u003e—the company's name is a contraction of \"maximum capacity dry cell\"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-4\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-5\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e and blank \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vhs#Cassette_and_tape_design\" title=\"Vhs\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVHS tapes\u003c\/a\u003e, and recordable optical discs including CD-R\/RW and DVD±RW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-6\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the height of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_Audio_Cassette\" title=\"Compact Audio Cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCompact Audio Cassette\u003c\/a\u003e's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO\u003csub style=\"line-height: 1; font-size: 11.2px;\"\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_culture\" title=\"Popular culture\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003epop culture\u003c\/a\u003e when it produced advertisements popularly known as \"Blown Away Guy\" for its line of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Audio_cassette\" title=\"Audio cassette\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eaudio cassettes\u003c\/a\u003e. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.\u003csup style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxell#cite_note-10\" style=\"text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxell XLI - 1992 - Made in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"60 Minutes","offer_id":50263434264868,"sku":"MAX-XLI-C60-92-US(JP)","price":21.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90 Minutes","offer_id":44086656762148,"sku":"MAX-XLI-C90-92-US(JP)","price":23.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":44086674161956,"sku":"MAX-XLI-C100-92-US(JP)","price":24.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Minutes (B-Grade)","offer_id":44086656794916,"sku":"MAX-XLI-C100-92-US(JP)-B","price":20.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/files\/7AE9FB4A-BBA8-4F3F-862E-401F93E5C212.jpg?v=1736533263"},{"product_id":"maxell-mx-s-1990-us","title":"Maxell MX-S - 1990 - US","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaxell MX-S - 1990 - US\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same unmistakable Maxell Type IV as always.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA legendary and superbly capable cassette. Still looking and sounding great as always, now in a new shell design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 100 Minutes:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Very light scuffing and very clear windows, strikingly clear compared to their occasional opaque appearance. Featured in the angled photo is one of the two specific tapes currently in stock. Overall better than the one shown in the first 2 pictures. \u003cstrong\u003eOnly 2 available. Rare pieces indeed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eCollector’s Corner: Hazy Windows…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e- Maxell’s 1986–1991 line is known for its hazy see‑through windows, often making collectors wonder whether the cloudiness is residue or something worse. I finally tested it by opening a sealed MX with a bad wrapper but a foggy window. After disassembling the shell, a lightly damp microfiber cloth with diluted Windex cleared the haze completely.\u003cbr\u003e- Reassembling it back onto the second shell was fiddly, but the result confirmed it: the haze isn’t permanent. If you’re opening one of these for use, take a moment to clean the windows... the tapes look far better with a clear, sharp view.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaxell MX-S - 1990 - US\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":44086875521316,"sku":"MAX-MXS-C100-90-US(JP)","price":34.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_7fcfb6de-9d20-4ab8-9f7f-b157e9235f42.jpg?v=1669098457"},{"product_id":"maxell-mx-s-1992-us","title":"Maxell MX-S - 1992 - US","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMaxell MX-S - 1992 - US\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The same unmistakable Maxell Type IV as always. A legendary and superbly capable cassette. Still looking and sounding great as always, now in a new shell design.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTony Villa\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote 1: 100 minutes: B-Grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wrappers show light scuffing throughout. Two rips in the front, one was repaired with a bit of clear tape with no finger-prints on it. Two 2 available.\u003cstrong\u003e SOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Maxell:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMaxell, originally part of Hitachi’s corporate family, emerged in 1960 when a dry‑cell plant was established in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Hitachi consolidated its dry‑battery and magnetic‑tape operations into the new Maxell Electric Industrial Company, positioning the brand as Hitachi’s key vehicle for consumer recording media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the cassette era, Maxell became one of the most respected tape manufacturers. Their formulations, especially the XLI-S (Normal), XLII‑S (CrO₂), and MX (pure metal particle), were widely regarded as peak‑performance examples of the Compact Cassette format, earning strong loyalty from audiophiles and home recording enthusiasts. Maxell also produced a full range of consumer and professional magnetic media, including computer and broadcast tapes, before later shifting away from in‑house optical and recording‑media production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company’s cultural visibility peaked in the 1980s with the “Blown Away Guy” advertising campaign, which cemented Maxell’s reputation for high‑performance audio cassettes. Even as Maxell diversified into batteries, storage, and functional materials, its cassette legacy—and its long-standing connection to Hitachi remains central to its identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMaxell MX-S - 1992 - US\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Maxell","offers":[{"title":"100 Minutes","offer_id":44086940172580,"sku":"MAX-MXS-C100-92-US(JP)","price":31.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/products\/image_d01be753-384f-4de3-ac38-a73f9dd7f32e.jpg?v=1669099289"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/5208\/5345\/collections\/Maxell_XLII_85_Front.jpg?v=1566207886","url":"https:\/\/www.cassettecomeback.com\/collections\/maxell-cassettes.oembed?page=5","provider":"Cassette Comeback","version":"1.0","type":"link"}