Coby CX-R133 Voice Activated Microcassette Recorder

[Music] hey everybody welcome back to recordology okay today we're talking about tiny tapes specifically the olympus 1969 format that may surprise you that it's that old called micro cassette not to be confused with pico cassette which came later or mini cassette which actually predates micro cassette but is of inferior quality and i'll explain that in a little bit now today we are talking about this guy right here but let's talk about tape a second before we talk about the specifics of this tape so when it comes to magnetic media more is better there's three primary factors that give you quality sound on magnetic tape one is tape size bigger is better two is tape speed faster is better and three is tape formulation now basically tape is a thin layer of mylar or plastic with particles of rust or oxide glued or adhered onto that mylar and higher end tapes you know use medical metal parti