1986 TDK MA-XG Type 4 Metal Cassette - Yeah, just yeah... 

Just what I needed in 2021: a Cassette Comeback comeback.

This video cost £120 just by ripping those cases open. Tony is a hardcore baller !

Out there somewhere is somebody having a heart attack as Tony opens 3 MA-XG's. I bet they just don't get the point of a hobby. Another Banger Tony!

The King is " Back " , Long Live The King

Those little tabs that you remove for recording, you're not actually supposed to remove them, you just turn them around and slot them back in. That way you can record new music without losing the tab. I had a few of these MA-X/MA-XG cassettes back in the day, when the Pet Shop Boys were at their peak basically...

Thanks for sacrificing 3 virgins Tony!! I have always loved this tape, but damn, they were expensive back in the 80's! Good to see you back!

Ripping open expensive tapes is so fun! Love it! You can't use them if they are sealed. Collectors that buy them just to stare at them make me laugh (at them). What a waste of great tapes if you don't use them. Welcome back Tony!

“Pleasure ya can’t measure.” I can’t stop smiling! What a joyful discovery this channel is.

Hey, what's this? A Cassette Comeback comeback! Just what I needed! 😊😊😊

Welcome back!! Ignore the haters, don't let them get to you.

I just got this accidentally in an eBay auction as a collection of used TDK Ds. Awesome.

When we needed him the most, Tony surprises us with a new video. --all of us

Welcome back! 👍👍 👽

Not the rarest (TDK was the most common brand) but certainly one of the most expensive cassettes in the world. You want a cassette that sounds as good as CD or vinyl (probably even better), then listen to one of these. The way you unwrap the MA-XG90's is great.

When I saw the pop up, I saw it was cassette comeback my jaw dropped.. but as always, don’t get the haters get to you, they are absolute idiots and probably don’t know what the are talking about! Great video as always Tony, keep it up 👍😊😀

Welcome back Tony. Just had a peek at ebay and what they are asking for these tapes - I nearly fell over!

RAD. I love that you OPEN and USE them. This is why they were made dammit.

Thanks. After a exhausting day of work I just needed this. Awesome and made me feel so good to watch your comeback.

So so happy to see you back.

My late father was a serious audiophile, he had a 3 head deck and loved TDK tapes. I think at one point he had every version going , the Audua was a strange one. I personally liked the OD tapes but MA-R was truly superb if properly setup with bias and calibration and on Dolby C noise reduction. I wonder what others thought of Dolby noise reduction? I think certainly on a decent tape machine you could get some very good results. Nakamichi had a few decks that were serious but at a price. For me the feel of a tape is hard to forget. I still have my very first TDK tape from 1975 that my father gave me, I had it transferred on to CD a few years ago and it’s sometimes great to listen to it again.,I think the MA-R was a classic design and will always be an icon of the era.

hey there! welcome back!

"Let's do this again!" ...I almost fell off my chair laughing....what a great video! Thanks for posting this, I really missed your videos!

*Cassette Comeback* surely deserves a prize for this comeback video!

I opened up a few That’s MRX-Pro’s last weekend, and immediately thought about the channel. So glad you’re back!

Hi Tony very nice to have you back with this video. Thank you.😀😀😀😀

Checking the notifications, couldn´t believe my eyes! Thank you so much for an unexpected, great video. Bringing back awesome memories of a time, not long ago, where I regulary watched the cassette vidos.

Just fabulous Tony. Well done Sir! All the components from turntable to cartridge to high quality vinyl to a supreme cassette to a beautiful cassette deck reverred by many. It just does not get any better!

The man is back and I have quite a few of those tapes, it's one of my favorite!

Welcome back Welcome back Welcome back Welcome back Welcome back Welcome back Please don't stop , Big thanks from Cairo Egypt

Mutes meeting volume, listens to Tony.

Great to have you back Tony. Have been accumulating lots of sealed tapes recently, and wondered if you would come back on again. Great stuff. ( By the way, i have just got a Nokia VHS which had separate switching to record audio only- happy days!).

When we thought that he was gone, THE MAN IS BACK !!!!! That MA-XG is just beautiful. Probably the most beautiful cassette I've seen so far.

Welcome back Tony, it's great to see another video.

Welcome back, man!!!

Glad you're doing vids again. Hope to see more. Thx for all you do. Cheers.

I have missed these videos. Good 2 hear from U again.

Great video. I love your passion for cassettes. I have a similar passion for analogue film cameras. I grew up with cassettes and now that you have taught me how to record properly, i can hopefully make some good copies.

Oh man I missed these! Great to see you again!

Nice to see you pop back in for a visit, Tony. You had me worried in the first couple minutes but turned it around - that is a truly special one off project. In this interregnum I've been doing custom one-off bootlegs myself and having a blast. Nothing nearly as badass as that Metal Collection (think TDK Ds and a $60 printer) but a blast nonetheless and made possible by what I've learned from your channel since last year. Thanks and take care of yourself!!

Good to have you back! Recently picked up a Nak 680ZX and recorded McCartney III on a previously unopened NOS XL IIS. A lot of FUN!

Tony puts out a cassette video and my life's good again. Thanks mate!🖖

As you said in the metal video you were keeping and using them,so that means you can whatever you choose with them lol.. oh well that's good for you and I am still going to use the sealed tapes I have whether they are collectables or not they are mine..

Dear Tony, Lots of love from India. We missed you so much. Welcome Back....... Your strip of TDK MX-G was treat to sore eyes and if i may say Or.as.ic. I have 10 in my collection now,,,, i intent to to do the same soon enough..... Long Live Cassette Comeback.... :-)

I was hoping for you to comeback. Glad you did ❤️

Nice video Tony! Lovely to view a good and catchy one in the old Cassette Comeback-style! :)

I'm glad you're back ! Nice video !

There he is! Glad to hear your voice again. And to get new cassette content of course

Good to have another video Tony. That's a beautiful one off item too. I was also impressed by the sound quality and production of your record. All the best with everything! I have the Ortofon Blue on my turntable, which is a Technics from the 1970s. When the time comes, I recommend it, but for now enjoy what you have. Happy spinning and taping!

This was just one step from absolute perfection - DIGalog recording on MA-XG cassette! The perfection nobody had ever heard. So this is as perfect as one can get. Great job!

A real treat to see you again Tony. You are some kind of madman, I could not stop laughing.

Nice to have you back even if it's for just a video or two about the cassette tapes here or there, Tony!! You sure we're having a lot of fun! And so was I You see.... I knew there was a reason I didn't unsubscribe to your Cassette Comeback Channel!

Yes Toni is back!! Why is youtube giving me this great news 6 days too late? 😜 Good to see you again Toni, awesome video!

Thanks for the upload, Tony!!!!!!!!

Good to see you again.

Shocked at first, all made sense at the end of the video. Some people didn't reach the end of the video. :) Welcome back!

Just when I thought Tony was having a nervous breakdown at the beginning of this video... All became clear at the end :)

YOU'RE ALIVE!!! THIS IS GLORIOUS!!! MISSED YOU BRO!

I bought four of these back in the day, probably spent two full day Saturdays wages from Dixons to pay for them. Worshipped them more than I ever thought I would cherish what was 'only' a cassette tape. Still have them but they were re-recorded multiple times in the first few years. The tabs to prevent rerecording are switchable. Great channel mate keep it going 👍

Thanks Tony! Happy to see this today!

Almost broke my finger pressing the like button real hard! Hi Tony, i really missed your videos man.

I've missed this, another great video. 👍

TDK was the go-to quality cassette tape...

Tony, great to finally see another video by you!!! :)

Been missing you Tony. Glad you have a tape version of this. I hope you do a grand sale. Congratulations for Red Manor Records. Cheers Tony! Stay safe mates!😊👍🏻😷

The moment you unwrapped the 2nd one I knew you were going to use them for a RMR or NOS project 😁 Great to see you back Tony. And with a post-finale episode worthy of that name... This must be one of the most epic cassette projects you've ever done. Although the private investigator episodes of that huge TDK true mechanism box is probably a close second. And what beautiful and great sounding cassettes they are. True pieces of art, either wrapped or used. But when used, man, they add an experience and feeling of specialty to the music that digital, and probably even vinyl, will never be able to give. The fact that I, the ultimate cheap skate when it comes to audio (I bought a 60 piece box of those end of the line URs to record on, for crying out loud), even *contemplated* whether or not I'd want that set for £300, speaks volumes about how special that set is. Thank you for showing the process. Even though just one of us has the physical reminder, all of us will have the memory of witnessing this, which is a good 2nd best thing. Good luck with all your RMR endeavours, looks like you're having a blast 👍

Yeah!! Tony's back!!! Enjoyed the video and great to see you back!! Definitely no difference in sound from both media. Definitely one of the best cassette tapes around.

Wow , great to have you back Tony! Hope there will be more 😀

Welcome back Tony. Great to watch you.

There was nothing better than watching the media at work listening to your favourite song. CDs began that way then it was insert and hide, then digital music well, no moving parts no pleasure at all.

My man is back!

What a nutter! Times three! 😀 You're awesome! Thanks so much for the fun video.

Those tapes are just amazing mechanisms. Thanks for the video.

Welcome back Tony! Those MA-XG's OMG! YES!!

You are back, what a wonderful surprise. Thank you very much. I hope you will make more videos. Also, that is crazy, opening those expensive cassettes and using them. But they are meant to be used and enjoyed, not just kept wrapped and sitting, not bringing joy to anyone.

Brilliant to see a great video

Nice to see you're back! :)

I overpaid for a pack of MA-XG’s recently and as much as it hurt me to open one to get a look at it, it’s cathartic. It’s a totally contrivance of the mind that these old tapes shouldn’t be opened, but I couldn’t over come the idea at first. When I opened it, I felt kind of ill about it, but I’m happy I did. I can say I laid my hands on one and I’m going use it to record Dark Side Of The Moon and perhaps some Alan Parsons Project. Edit: I didn’t quite get across that as much as these things are worth, it’s that taboo of “doing something I shouldn’t do” that is a relief really. I only have myself to beat up about it and I have better things to waste that effort on.

You're back! I love you Tony!

I own an AD-S, got it in a lot with maxell URs and TDK Ds from the same time period, it's a very good preformer

And just when I was thinking about you... hi again Tony, enjoyed the video.

@Cassette Comeback Tony is back. Like seeing an old friend again. Thanks for the new video!

At least you're using them rather than all them posts with people displaying all their unopened tapes they'll never use.

Welcome back Tony great video made my day.... can't wait to find a metal tape.... but there the dilemma starts.... what to record

You're back! Awesome!

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks Tony

Great Comeback Tony! Great Technics Deck! Good choice! Awesome video.

Tony you had me cracking up with laughter with all that fast wrapper rip off of the sealed tapes, that was fantastic. 😃😄🤪👍😝

Just went to check, and it sold already! Awesome stuff Tony

Hey, you're back, cool!! Edit: Oh noooo, he's gone mad!! He just keeps ripping off those wrappers like it means nothing. 😱 😂 Loved the video Tony, really nice to see you upload something on this channel again!

Back with a vengeance! That was therapeutic seeing them unwrapped. Sound quality on tape is amazing and a bit more full / richer in the lower mids than the source. Lovely tune too.

Awesome video Tony, and congratulations to who picked this amazing set up👍🏻 Now I have to admit that when I saw that you had a new video I got pretty freaking excited. It got me thinking that what could I do to support you, and keep you posting more content(when you have the time, of course). If just 1/8 of the 17.2k subscribers to your channel would send you one tape, that would be over 2,000 tapes! Now I’ve never been one to ask of others, and not to practice what I preach...... so I will offer up a 1986 TDK MA-X for you to do whatever you want to do with. To all the others that post that they love you videos and that the king is back......what would you be will to offer up to the King of Cassettes? The way I see it, the balls in our court😎

Cassette Comeback Comeback! Thanks Tony, You made my day! P.S. Just saving up for the new releases too...

This is so awesome Tony!

That was an enjoyable video, my friend. HiFi and analog heaven.

Tony is back and I like that! 👍🏼

fuck! your killin' me brother!! lolol, so glad your back brother- thought you were totally done making cassette vids but glad your not because your about the only cassette content i've ever actually put time into watching and subscribing to ,and you know your shit too which i really respect. i still have several decks in my collection and still listen to and make tapes. i remember trying to convince some of my music fanatic friends back in the day just how great tape can be and sound just as good if not better in some cases than compact disc., especially when i played some tape on a nice Sony ES deck, they couldn't believe the tape sounded as good (better in my opinion) than a cd. long live the cassette and tape!! cheers-Jerry in Indiana, \m/ \m/

the quality of this cassette is amazing, and i have good ears

Quality music belongs on a high quality tape cassette. Excellent selection, congratulations!

Lmao that intro was awesome. Welcome back

Great episode!