About everything - “Fake” audio cassettes.

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 "Fake" audio cassettes

 Hello, dear ladies and gentlemen! Today I promised
I’ll try to teach you how to distinguish real cassettes from fake ones.
Well, let's go!
 If the market for compact cassettes in developed Western countries is saturated with products
tion of well-known companies, constantly competing with each other and carefully
controlling the quality of supplied products, then modern
exchange market of the CIS countries, due to the lack of proper
control over the quality of supplied products is literally inundated with
low-quality cassettes from unknown companies (in
most countries in Southeast Asia).Characteristics
The vast majority of these cassettes are far inferior even to the standard
raging Svemov MK 60.2 and cannot find sales in the Western market -
ke even at dumping prices. To improve sales of low-grade
products, a number of pirated manufacturers resort to deceiving consumers
beater.
 On the one hand, legal methods of attracting
consumer attention bythe use of names similar to
the names of popular well-known companies. Under the Japanese Maxell,
for example, Maxel, Maxwell, Maxwelle are counterfeited, under Sony - So-
nic, Sonny, under the German BASF - BSAF. Often used and
packaging with a color scheme reminiscent of well-known companies. For example
measures, Levis D90 and Galin D90 cassettes from a distance of three steps can
confused with Japanese TDK D90, Master AL90 and Maxel LN90 - with
Japanese Maxel LN90, Diplomat HF - with Sony HF.
 Illegal fakes are often found, completely used
using trademarks and product designs of well-known companies. Oso-
Japanese tapes are extremely popular among counterfeiters.
SONY company. It can be recognized without printing it by such prizes
nakam:


the stops-clamps of the cassette reels on the cover of the case have a section
in the form of a three-rayed star (in the boletus it is cross-shaped),


the packaging film does not adhere tightly to the case,


the inscriptions are slightly blurred,


the missing material cannot be felt through the film on the cover of the case
here is the SONY logo on the original,


even through the film and protective case the untidiness of the adhesive is visible
labels on the cassette itself,


barcode does not match one another (37 - France) andname-
country of origin (Made in Japan).


 Unfortunately, these signs do not guarantee reliable
recognition of fakes: the technology of fakes is constantly improving
improves, which can give you confidence in the quality of your purchase
only tests in a tape recorder. And yet the risk can be reduced to a mini-
nothing, if when purchasing you pay special attention to:


absence of the manufacturer's name on the cover of the cassette
la and cassette type, as well as country of origin;


untidiness in gluing labels to the cassette (distortion, leaks
glue, offset relative to the recesses in the cassette, etc.);


unusually low price of the cassette;


loose fit of the packaging film to the case and quality
printing on it;


quality of plastic and quality of manufacturing and mating of elements
product of the case;


mismatch of the first two or three digits of the barcode with the name
country of origin, indicated by words (bar codes of most
industrialized countries are shown in Table 1); following
The barcode numbers correspond to the registration number of the enterprise
tia;  Table 2 shows the registration numbers of some
enterprises (when using the data from this table, one should
co,remember that the same company can have several factories
dov, and in different countries: for example, the Japanese SONY has a
waters for the production of audio and video cassettes in France, German BASF
in Brazil, etc.);


After opening the package, special attention should be paid to the quality
plastic and the absence of shrinkage and gaps between the top and bottom
body parts;


bending rigidity of the cassette;


quality of leader gluing with magnetic tape (the gap between the tape and
the leader should not exceed 0.1 mm, and the adhesive tape should
be narrower and located symmetrically relative to the site
gluing and without distortion);


the surface of the magnetic tape must be smooth, without microdents;
the presence of inclined strips on the working surface - "herringbone" ver-
ny sign of Svemov's tape;


The edges of the tape must be sharp, without protruding fibers


presence of the cassette lot number on the surface on which it is placed
Write prohibition windows have been created (applied with paint or thermal stamps)
coy).

 Table 1
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║ Index ║ ║
║ (first digits ║ Country ║
║ barcode) ║║
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║ 00,01,02,03,04║ USA, Canada ║
║ 30-37 ║ France ║
║ 40-43 ║ Germany ║
║ 46 ║ CIS ║
║ 47 ║ Taiwan ║
║ 49 ║ Japan ║
║ 50 ║ Great Britain and Northern Ireland ║
║ 520 ║ Greece ║
║ 529 ║ Cyprus ║
║ 54 ║ Belgium, Luxembourg ║
║ 560 ║ Portugal ║
║ 569 ║ Iceland ║
║ 57 ║ Denmark ║
║ 599 ║ Hungary ║
║ 600,601 ║ South Africa ║
║ 64 ║ Finland ║
║ 70 ║ Norway ║
║ 729 ║ Israel ║
║ 73 ║ Sweden ║
║ 750 ║ Mexico ║
║ 76 ║ Switzerland ║
║ 779 ║ Argentina ║
║ 789 ║ Brazil ║
║ 80-83 ║ Italy ║
║ 84 ║ Spain ║
║ 859 ║ Czech Republic, Slovakia ║
║ 860 ║ Yugoslavia ║
║ 869 ║ Türkiye║
║ 87 ║ Netherlands ║
║ 888 ║ Singapore ║
║ 90-91 ║ Austria ║
║ 93 ║ Australia ║
║ 94 ║ New Zealand ║
║ 959 ║ Papua New Guinea ║
║ 997 ║ Marking of transition editions ISBN ║
║ 978.979 ║ Mark. ISBP standard books ║
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 Table 2
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║Registration║ ║
║enterprise number ║Company name ║
║tia (remaining digits)║ ║
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║ 06353 ║ AGFA ║
║ 09993 ║ BASF ║
║ 00064 ║ SVEMA ║
║ 01780 ║ SONY ║
║ 02704 ║ PANASONIC ║
║ 04640 ║ RAKS ║
║ 75769 ║ JVC ║
║ 06915 ║ THAT'S ║
║ 10101 ║ PHILIPS ║
║ 27242 ║ SONY (French plant) ║
║ 44701 ║ SAMSUNG ║
║ 025520 ║ FUJI ║
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