It’s Official – Quantegy Will Be Gone

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cjacek said:
Do you have a picture ? I hate to cast doubt but I'm 99.9999% sure Maxell never made anything above 1/4".
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Maxell UD 1/2" was available in NZ in 1993.
 
arjoll said:
Maxell UD 1/2" was available in NZ in 1993.
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Hey, I learned something then (that's twice in one day)... I have never personally seen Maxell in anything but 1/4"

I heard rumors from time to time. I was pretty much with Daniel's 99.999% that it never existed.

Thanks for the info Andrew. :)

I bet it’s as rare as hen’s teeth now though.
 
Yeah and to think that Quantegy's biggest sales report, at least from this month, will be generated from groups such as this, from people they never catered to, us, with our "semi-pro" gear. :(
 
_DK said:
I guess that would give same result as using 499 tape on a 456 aligned unit. That is when you get that strong metallic sound, which can become irritating, unless you record industrial music :)
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I did actually do this when I first had my machine, as there was a reel of 499 that came with it. Although I don't recall any ill-effects, it wasn't something I'm intending to repeat unless it's the only thing available.
 
Beck said:
So they say…

I spoke with a Qunategy rep by phone today. They will indeed be out of the analog tape business by the end of April 2007. They are initiating a mass tape run of various formulations from now until then. All orders must be received by April 28. I was told there is not yet an official press release for reference on the web (frustrating for the must have evidence people like me). The information has just leaked out because they sent notices to distributors.

We will no doubt be chewing on this subject for some time to come… what went wrong. I already can tell you (big surprise eh?) but it will be interesting to see the play-by-play in retrospect.

The good news is that they produced so much tape since the reorganization my grandchildren (none of which exist yet) will be able to by new-old-stock Quantegy on eBay.

And of course we still have RMGI (I feared this would eventually come down to a last one standing thing)… and we have the as yet unfulfilled promises of ATR. Anticipating something, even if it never materializes is kinda fun in it’s own right... not that I'll be able to afford ATR tape if it ever does. :p

In a practical sense nothing much will change… many will still be buying used or sealed sticky-shed AMPEX tape on eBay, wondering what RMGI is like and waiting for ATR… this could go on for another decade or so… ;)

Then there's possibility some of the also-rans that wanted to buy Quantegy will be back in the game and possibly do it right. Did somebody say China? Who knows at this point. :D

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P.S. I'm not sure I can trust ATR at this point. They have a stake in creating the perception that there will be analog tape in the future. Without that perception their primary industry would not exist. They made the same announcement when Quantegy closed the first time... and we're still waiting.
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Steve Albini will be mortified.
 
jpmorris said:
I did actually do this when I first had my machine, as there was a reel of 499 that came with it. Although I don't recall any ill-effects, it wasn't something I'm intending to repeat unless it's the only thing available.
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That's what I'm doing right now actually - recording an acoustic piece on 499, as I'm out of 456.
 
themaddog said:
By the way, they're blowing out 406 and 457 tape 7 inch reel for pretty cheap right now. Hope they blow out 407 tape soon.

Just made my "end of the world order" of 40 reels of 406 1/4", 15 of 457 1/4", and 4 reels of 406 1/2".

-MD
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Me too. 25 reels of 457 1/4," 5 of 456 1/4," and some 472 cassettes just for fun. I lucked out, shipping was only about $17. The whole order stilll hurt, luckily I've got an understanding old lady.
 
MCI2424 said:
Steve Albini will be mortified.
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Yeah, probably so. On the other hand considering he was one of the only ones prepared for the last shutdown, he probably has a warehouse full and could become a distributor with or without Quantey making tape. ;)
 
cjacek said:
..Quantegy's biggest sales report, at least from this month, will be generated from groups such as this, from people they never catered to, us, with our "semi-pro" gear. :(
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Heh heh, last night I have become a "new customer/shopper" at quantegy.com - not for long time, apparently, which is too damn bad for them - FU*(NG LOSERS! :mad: :mad: :mad: . I was not as bad and wild as MD, though, but I am considering similar "irresponsible" behavior maybe later :) . Also, I may not fit well into the "group", since I've got no "semi-pro" gear anywhere around, all my gear are exclusively anti-pro :p :D
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btw, Tim, thanks for the post! :cool:
 
oh, and I forgot to say 'out laud' this (in reply to "official press release" , that is):
Yo, Josh!,
1. "Technology improves" - my A$$! :mad: :mad: :mad:
2. "Black Diamond" - My stinkin' DOUBLE-A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

and same goes to the rest of your remaining solutions,
also, Josh, hope you'll have a great time during your next biz-trip to Hong Kong. Have fun and all that. :rolleyes:
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Daniel! :D
Actually I've done some serious thinking about this over last night and the following bad-coffe morning. And, hell , what ever. I was trying to sort of justify all this on some speculative level - thinking: "Well, business is business , the company has to pay bills and all that crap". What does not compute well in my sclerotic brain is this: "OK, soooooo? Let's see: making something "special" does not work business wise. So, let's kill it?. - Yes, let's do so. Let's instead make something really marketable, something of high demand, something that everybody need and there's just not enough of it for everyone, so it would be easy to sell. Sooo? What would it be? Uhhhh! - How about Hard Drives?!!! Great idea! Halleluja! Halleluja!. Let's go for it. Our hard drives will be the best in the world, of course, but even if they will not, then no worry, we always be able to sell them anyway ."
Like there's no enough of this sh*t on the planet comming out from every freaking cloaca. I simply don't get it.
And I am pissed. So there.
And then I read that B.S. press release: "...quantegy is proud to have made major contribution..." blah blah blah.
Just say what it is, Josh. Something like: "Making and selling tapes is too damn small biz for our appetite. We want it global. We can't be small, we have to be BIG! It's a big "Q", after all, in case you have not noticed. Sitting in Alabama and watching Discovery Channel is not much fun, you know. Our belief is that We deserve more than that. We want to eat real won ton and real fresh sushi. And therefore , fU*k you all, no more damn pimpy tapes. That's it. Now, I gotta go, because my plane to Hong Kong will not wait. See'Ya, yours truly, Josh@Q"
At least, that would be honest or something.
/later
 
I do agree with you, Doc. :)

Yeah, that's what we need, more damn hard-drives! I wonder who the genius marketer is over at Quantegy ? :eek:
 
cjacek said:
I do agree with you, Doc. :)

Yeah, that's what we need, more damn hard-drives! I wonder who the genius marketer is over at Quantegy ? :eek:
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It could be worse... sorta :D
 

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