SONY HF 1986 C60 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C60 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C60 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C60 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C90 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes
SONY HF 1986 C120 Blank Cassette Tapes

SONY HF - 1986 - US

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SONY HF - 1986

"... If you were taping "back in the day" you most probably will have used some of these. A design classic... being about as good as an everyday tape got, at the time. Put some Noise Reduction on them, and negative bias at 9 o'clock and you'll find they're very musical cassettes." Tony Villa

Note 1: 60 Minutes: Only (3) in stock.
Note 2: 90 Minutes: Low inventory.
Note 3: 120 Minutes: Only (1) available.
Note 4: 90 Minutes: Only (1) available. It has a "Bargain Harold's" price sticker on it! (*)

Side Note: (*) Bargain Harold's was a discount retail store founded in the late 1980's. It was primarily located in the Canadian Western provinces, and it also had a strong presence in the Toronto area. In 1993, about 100 Woolworth Stores stores were re-branded as "The Bargain! Shop". Today, after many name changes, it operates as the "Red Apple" throughout Canada with over 140 Stores.

Click (Cut & Paste) on the YouTube link below to watch a video by Tony Villa!

https://youtu.be/WKBlKW5BZHs?si=E4_7gh0276CbmjJZ

About Sony:

Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社 Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha, /ˈsoʊni/ SOH-nee, stylized as SONY) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.[9][1]

Sony began in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita with a focus on turning advanced research into practical consumer technology. By the 1960s, the company had adopted the Sony name and expanded into magnetic tape, quickly becoming one of Japan’s most innovative audio manufacturers.

Through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Sony established a strong presence in the cassette market with lines such as HF (Normal), UCX/UX (Type II), and Metal‑ES/Metal‑XR (Type IV). These tapes were known for clean, stable formulations and consistently high build quality, earning Sony a reputation amongst the best in the upper tier of global tape production.

As the cassette era wound down, Sony gradually exited its in-house tape manufacturing and shifted its focus toward electronics, imaging sensors, gaming, and content creation. Unlike some of it's competitors, Sony did not sell or transfer its tape-manufacturing operations; the company simply wound them down as the cassette era ended. Yet its cassette legacy, from everyday HF to the premium Metal ES, remains highly regarded.

SONY HF - 1986 - US

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