I still have boxes of Maxells that I recorded back in the 70/early 80s that will likely never be played again....state of the art back then and a HUGE improvement over my Pioneer Supertuner 8-track and Jensen triaxials
. Gone the way of T-Rex IMO....even my DAT tapes are dinosaurs...magnetic tape is tape...just don't see the appeal...technology marches on...YMMV.