| Head | Material | Applicability |
|---|---|---|
| A | Amorphous | – |
| AA | All Amorphous | Toshiba |
| AS | All Sendust | Toshiba |
| AS/F | All Sendust – Rec. / Ferrite – Play | Toshiba |
| AX | Amorphous eXtra | Technics |
| AZ | Amorphous-Z | Technics |
| C | Cristalloy | Nakamichi |
| CA | Cobalt Amorphous | Teac / Tascam |
| CR | CRonios (Hard Permalloy) | JVC |
| CVC | Combination V-Cut (Ferrite) | Aiwa |
| DX | Density eXtra (Hard Permalloy) | Aiwa |
| F | Ferrite | – |
| F&F | Ferrite & Ferrite | Sony |
| F/C | Ferrite – Rec. / Cristalloy – Play | Nakamichi |
| F/HP | Ferrite – Rec. / Hard Permalloy – Play | Lenco, Nakamichi, Technics |
| F/S | Ferrite – Rec. / Sendust – Play | Luxman, Mitsubishi, Tandberg |
| F+T | Ferrite + Titan Close Gap | Hitachi |
| FA | Fine Amorphous | JVC |
| FGH | Ferrite Guad Head | Aiwa |
| FH | FeSiAlloy Head (FeAlSi Alloy) | Sansui |
| FSX | Sendust | Philips |
| FSX/F | Sendust – Rec. / Ferrite – Play | Philips |
| FTA | Fine-Tuned Azimuth (Laser Amorphous) | Pioneer |
| GX | Glass & X'tal (Glass & Ferrite) | Akai |
| HL | HexaLam (Hard Permalloy) | Luxman |
| HP | Hard Permalloy | – |
| HP/A | Hard Permalloy – Rec. / Amorphous – Play | Pioneer, Yamaha |
| HP/F | Hard Permalloy – Rec. / Ferrite – Play | Kenwood, Vector Research |
| IS | ISotropic (Amorphous) | harman/kardon |
| M&X | Metal eXtra (Hard Permalloy) | Bang&Olufsen, Braun, Denon, Dual, Mitsubishi, Technics |
| MP | MetaPerm (Hard Permalloy) | JVC |
| P | Permalloy | – |
| RS | Ribbon Sendust | Pioneer |
| S | Sendust | – |
| S&F | Sendust & Ferrite | Sony, Studer / Revox |
| S/F | Sendust – Rec. / Ferrite – Play | Alpine, Bang&Olufsen, Denon, Grundig, harman/kardon, Luxman, Teac |
| S/F+T | Sendust – Rec. / Ferrite – Play + Titan Close Gap (Hitasenrite – HITAchi SENdust ferRITE) |
Hitachi |
| S/HL | Sendust – Rec. / HexaLam (Hard Permalloy) – Play | Luxman |
| SA | Sendust-Alloy | JVC |
| SA/A | Sendust-Alloy – Rec. / Amorphous – Play | JVC |
| SA/F | Sendust-Alloy – Rec. / Ferrite – Play | JVC |
| SA/P | Sendust-Alloy – Rec. / Hard Permalloy – Play | JVC |
| SAP | Super All Permalloy | Toshiba |
| SC | Sendust Core | Alpine |
| SCR | Super CRonios (Ferrite) | JVC |
| SCVC | Sendust Combination V-Cut | Aiwa |
| SD | Super Density (Hard Permalloy) | Sony |
| SDX | Super DX (Hard Permalloy) | Aiwa |
| SDX/A | Super DX (Hard Permalloy) – Rec. / Amorphous – Play | Aiwa |
| SE | Super Excellence (Sendust) | JVC |
| SGH | Sendust Gap Head | Aiwa |
| SGX | Super Glass & X'tal (Glass & Ferrite) | Akai |
| SP | Super Permalloy | Technics |
| SX | Sendust eXtra | Technics |
| UC | Ultra-density Core (Hard Permalloy) | Alpine |
| UC/F | Ultra-density Core (Hard Permalloy) – Rec. / Ferrite – Play | Alpine |
| UHP | Ultra Hard Permalloy | Aiwa |
| UXF | Uni X'tal Ferrite | Pioneer |
| XSA | X-cut Sen-Alloy (Sendust) | JVC |
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