TDK SA - 1991 - US
"One of TDK's most loved cassettes. Looks and sounds fantastic and was the yardstick many deck manufacturers at the time calibrated their decks to. So much so, usually no biasing is needed. Over the years, we've found this to be the most consistent SA, it just sounds great no matter the deck or the music being recorded." Tony Villa.
Note 1: 60 Minutes: CA: Made in the USA: These tapes have the Canadian "Best Selling 1" printed sticker on them. Box-fresh. SOLD
Note 2: 90 Minutes: CA: Made in the USA: B-Grade+: These tapes have the Canadian "Best Selling 1" printed sticker on them. Wrappers are lightly to moderately scuffed. At $7.91... get them while you can! Only a few left! Picture shown is the worst one of the lot. The rest are medium to lightly scuffed. One has a 2mm, less than a 1/4" hairline crack on the front side of the case. Note: One of these tapes does not have the Canadian seal that reads "Best Selling 1", and it should not matter, as B-Graded tapes are definitely not meant for collecting.
Note 3: 90 Minutes: CA: Made in the USA: NEW! These tapes have the Canadian "Best Selling 1" printed sticker on their wrapper. Some light to moderate scuffing may be present, but these are mostly box-fresh cassettes.
Note 4: 90 Minutes: CA: Made in Japan: Same as Note 3, but these were made in Japan. These are much rarer tapes. These also have the Canadian "Best Selling 1" printed sticker on them. These are 100% box-fresh cassettes.
Note 5: 100 Minutes: CA: Made in the USA: These tapes have the Canadian "Best Selling 1" printed sticker on them. Clean wrappers. SOLD OUT.
Note 6: 60 Minutes: US: Made in Japan: Moderately to heavily scuffed wrapper, but no rips and no cuts. Careful! Generic pictures shown only, and not of the actual cassette being sold. Only 1 available.
Note 7: 90 Minutes: US: Made in the USA: These do NOT have the Canadian "Best Selling 1" imprinted sticker on them. 100% box-fresh cassettes. These were made for the US market.
Note 8: 100 Minutes: US: Made in the USA: B-Grade. These do NOT have the "Best Selling 1" printed sticker on them. Light to moderately scuffed wrappers. No apparent cuts or tears. Made for the US market.
Tape in Japan and cassette assembled in the USA, or 100% Made in Japan.
About TDK:
TDK was founded in Tokyo, Japan, on 7 December 1935 to manufacture the iron-based magnetic material ferrite, which had been recently invented by Yogoro Kato and Takeshi Takei.[3] In 1952 and 1957 they began production of magnetic tapes, with compact cassette tapes following in 1966; it is for these that the company is most widely noted. TDK used to manufacture an extensive portfolio of magnetic and optical media, including several formats of videotape and blank CD-R and recordable DVD discs until the recording business was sold to Imation in 2007.
Operations in the USA began in 1965 with a New York City office,[4] and European operations began in 1970 with an office in Frankfurt, West Germany.[5]
Since 1997 TDK has gradually withdrawn from the production of compact cassettes. First with the MA-X and AR ("Acoustic Response"), then the AD ("Acoustic Dynamic") and SA-X line in 2001 and 2002 respectively, then the MA ("Metal Alloy") line in 2004. The SA ("Super Avilyn") and D ("Dynamic") lines were withdrawn in 2012 under Imation ownership. Industry trends see the company moving into new forms of media; in 2004 TDK was the first media manufacturer to join the companies developing BD post-DVD technology.[4] TDK operated a semiconductor division in California for about a decade, but divested it in 2005.
In late 2007, Imation acquired TDK's recording business, including flash media, optical media, magnetic tape, and accessories, for $300 million.[6][7] This also included a license to use the "TDK Life on Record" brand on data storage and audio products[8] for 25 years.[6] In September 2015, Imation announced that it had agreed to relinquish this license[9] and would cease selling TDK-branded products by the end of the year.[10]
TDK SA - 1991 - US/CA - Made in the USA or Japan