fresh made tape wasn't what i expected to find these days! 
bought it hoping it will be a new BASF.. luckily it was! 
no dropouts, professional sound quality, low noise, no stretching so fat (1 year). 
used it with both 7.5 & 15 ips on a TEAC A-3300SX 2T master recorder and the sound is better than what i expected.