So...what's the newest on Tape Manufacturing?
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So...what's the newest on Tape Manufacturing?
I didn't see this brought up yet here in the Gear forum.
Any news on who's making tape?
What kind? Where?
Any good news for us users of 1/2" 456?????????
Thanks for any info!
Any news on who's making tape?
What kind? Where?
Any good news for us users of 1/2" 456?????????
Thanks for any info!
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Did they then tell you that a reel of 1/2" 499 was 3 million dollars?evan wrote:I heard rumors that Quantegy was going under <i>again</i> -- a local store said that the supply was once again limited -- although I couldn't confirm this anywhere. Weird how that kind of stuff gets started.
ATR seems to still be on the way to making tape. They were showing empty take up reels at AES.....
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Know this: at AES Mike Rivers found FOUR manufacturers exhibiting. Here is his report:
http://mysite.verizon.net/mikerivers/Up ... ct2005.PDF
http://mysite.verizon.net/mikerivers/Up ... ct2005.PDF
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Just before Quantigy closed last year, we got 3 cases of tape (from diffrent batches) that WOULD NOT bias-up correctly. High end was all over the place, low end sounded like sand paper. You could see "birds eyes" all over the tape. When the suppler would not tape the crappy tape back, I went to Quantagy with frequency/level sweeps from an audio precision, the reply...."its normal to have 3dB of error"
The new production of quantigy (GP9 on the silver reels, 456) seems to be as great as the old stuff. Ive never had a problem since, however, Im stoked to get some new tape formulas!
The new production of quantigy (GP9 on the silver reels, 456) seems to be as great as the old stuff. Ive never had a problem since, however, Im stoked to get some new tape formulas!
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