EscapeVelocity on Nostr: The UD XL II tape was legendary on Reel to Reel decks and it made the transition of ...

The UD XL II tape was legendary on Reel to Reel decks and it made the transition of Cassettes. In the early 80s, it was replaced by an update formulation the legendary Maxell XL II which along with the TDK SA were industry standards that most cassette deck manufacturers used to set their default playback setting with.

I used to trade a lot of Grateful Dead and Widespread Panic and other live music recordings and the trading standard was use of either TDK SA or SA-X tapes or Maxell XL II or XL II-S tapes.

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Here is a great example of an late 70s to early 80s Maxell UD XL II cassette tape.