Sony UX-ES - 1986 - US
"One of Sony's Top Of The Line Type II. Type II, High Bias meant for Professional Quality Recordings. This is a better tape than UX and UX-S, as per Sony's charts. Above this one, it is only the Sony UX-Pro." Tony Villa
Note 1: 90 Minutes: One at a time, sorry. Both pics of the front side are available! Barely any difference between them, if at all, but you will get one of them randomly. Wrappers are lightly to moderately scuffed, but with rips, tears or cuts. Only 1 available
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Watch below a video review on Sony UX cassettes by Tony Villa:
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 UX-ES - 1986 - US