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One of the most frequently used brands of audio tapes used for mixed tapes over the last 25 years is Maxell. These tapes were used to create musical collections. Their most frequent use was as a love token, but sometimes they were made to reflect other emotions or to generally provide a sound track of a person's life for his friends to connect with.

Persons who could not express their feelings could use a mixed tape to express them in a better way, usually the younger generation. The song lyrics make it easier to speak right to their romantic interests and they could express their emotions in a more appropriate way. The mixed tape is an art form.

Maxell audio tapes were a favorite because their jackets, or the cards where mixed tape makers could write the songs included on the tape, folded out to offer more space. Additionally, Maxell provided several labels for the cassette tape in case one made a mistake while writing.

Maxell audio tapes were designed to be more convenient while taking up less space. Their thinner cases allowed anyone to store more tapes in less space, sometimes a very important factor. This also made the tapes easier to fit in pockets, or other places, and more simple to insert in a receiver.

The Maxell brand of audio cassettes developed a strong reputation for durability. This was important given the short lifetimes of new brands of audio cassettes. Some tapes lost their sound quality in a matter of just a few months. In addition, most tapes' lives were shortened by exposure to warm temperatures and direct light.

Day by day it has been increasingly difficult to find working cassette players with the advent of CD players. Ironically, one can find several mixed tapes made on Maxell cassettes in the early 1980s, which work very well. The resurgence of cassette players similar to record players will happen when the people want to replay mixed tapes. Other popular brands of audiotapes are TDK and Fuji.