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There were three main designs of cartridges manufactured, with a fourth minor modification. The earlier tapes (1965-mid 70s) use metal reels and the later tapes use plastic reels (mid 70s-1988). Muzak acquired the remaining unsold stock in 1986. Tapes manufactured before 1986 use scotch recording
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53:Magnetic tape cassette
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270:Variety Library V-168
262:Variety of Cartridges
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598:Graphophone
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21:Cantata 700
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1168:Stereo-Pak
1066:Stenorette
946:Synchrofax
796:Fantasound
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1480:DVD-Audio
1375:cartridge
1192:Sabamobil
1156:3M Scotch
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160:Cartridge
120:Developed
112:mechanism
102:Tape head
98:mechanism
1616:CD Video
1547:HitClips
1504:BD-Audio
1498:DualDisc
1486:DataPlay
1456:MiniDisc
1234:PlayTape
1048:Optaphon
612:Ediphone
584:cylinder
582:Grooved
457:Techmoan
220:Machines
142:Released
89:26 hours
86:Capacity
60:Encoding
1604:U-matic
1577:MicroSD
1364:Digital
1288:Elcaset
1198:8-track
1028:3" tape
1016:2" tape
1010:1" tape
632:(1890s)
626:(1890s)
620:(1890s)
468:at the
439:6 April
414:YouTube
202:⁄
184:⁄
170:⁄
76:⁄
1636:(2007)
1630:(2001)
1624:(1991)
1618:(1987)
1612:(1986)
1606:(1971)
1600:(1967)
1591:Hybrid
1579:(2007)
1573:(2004)
1567:(2002)
1561:(2001)
1555:(1999)
1549:(2000)
1543:(1996)
1518:(2014)
1516:MQA-CD
1512:(2013)
1506:(2008)
1500:(2004)
1494:(2004)
1488:(2002)
1482:(2000)
1476:(1999)
1470:(1995)
1464:(1993)
1458:(1992)
1452:(1989)
1446:(1982)
1427:(1993)
1421:(1990)
1415:(1986)
1396:(1992)
1390:(1992)
1384:(1987)
1355:(1993)
1349:(1982)
1343:(1982)
1337:(1980)
1331:(1976)
1308:(1988)
1302:(1985)
1290:(1976)
1284:(1972)
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1272:(1971)
1266:(1971)
1260:(1969)
1254:(1969)
1248:(1968)
1242:(1967)
1236:(1966)
1230:(1965)
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1170:(1962)
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1134:(1961)
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1116:(1959)
1110:(1959)
1104:(1958)
1098:(1958)
1092:(1958)
1086:(1957)
1080:(1957)
1074:(1955)
1068:(1954)
1062:(1953)
1056:(1952)
1050:(1951)
1030:(1978)
1024:(1969)
1018:(1967)
1012:(1957)
1006:(1953)
1000:(1953)
994:(1953)
988:(1949)
982:(1935)
976:(1928)
954:(1978)
948:(1959)
942:(1953)
936:(1948)
930:(1945)
916:(1900)
899:(1962)
893:(1961)
887:(1955)
881:(1951)
875:(1951)
869:(1951)
863:(1947)
857:(1947)
851:(1944)
845:(1944)
839:(1942)
818:(1898)
798:(1940)
792:(1929)
786:(1926)
780:(1922)
774:(1919)
755:(1947)
733:(2004)
727:(1956)
721:(1948)
715:(1945)
709:(1945)
697:(1920)
691:(1912)
685:(1905)
679:(1889)
662:(1913)
656:(1912)
650:(1908)
644:(1907)
638:(1902)
614:(1888)
604:(1887)
594:(1877)
574:(1857)
557:Analog
548:(1883)
542:(1881)
122:
110:
96:
1492:Hi-MD
1264:HiPac
256:lease
134:Usage
108:Write
1622:ADAT
1510:HFPA
1468:HDCD
1425:SDDS
1341:DASH
828:wire
808:wire
441:2017
226:US$
209:tape
153:1988
145:1965
94:Read
19:The
1462:DTS
1419:CDS
1661:3M
1652::
1413:DD
1388:NT
459::
431:.
411:.
386:^
366:^
258:.
128:3M
124:by
29:3M
610:/
600:/
503:e
496:t
489:v
443:.
417:.
234:W
230:Ω
204:8
200:3
197:+
195:8
186:8
182:7
179:+
177:1
172:4
168:1
78:8
74:7
71:+
69:1
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