Quantegy are a bunch of opportunist thieves!

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Tim (Beck) mentioned this previously, 'bout Quantegy raising prices on tape, especially their 456 but it bears repeating here.

For a company which is going down the toilet, they sure want to make a killing on their last batches of tape. First they have a fire sale, trying to create panic in the tape community, without substance and then raise prices! :rolleyes:

Good riddance! :mad:

Guys, buy your Quantegy 456 equivalent tape, RMGI SM911, here:

http://www.tapes.com/product_info.php?cPath=95_113&products_id=1668

or here:

http://www.usrecordingmedia.com/opreelrectap.html

or here:

http://www.splicit.com/recording_tape.html

or here:

http://www.datastores.co.uk/

May RMGI live on! :)
 
Good point.
I usually chose Basf over Quantegy for its better quality in the past, and now that I've switched to wider track tape and tried SM911, I'm never buying Quantegy again! :cool:

By the way, you wouldn't know any Canadian stores? 'Cause those customs fees are pretty high at times. It's something like CAN $50 fees for a box with two rolls of 1/2" tape! :mad:
 
_DK said:
Good point.
I usually chose Basf over Quantegy for its better quality in the past, and now that I've switched to wider track tape and tried SM911, I'm never buying Quantegy again! :cool:
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Yeah Basf / EMTEC was always better than Ampex / Quantegy and now we have the same quality under RMGI. Cool indeed! :)

By the way, you wouldn't know any Canadian stores? 'Cause those customs fees are pretty high at times. It's something like CAN $50 fees for a box with two rolls of 1/2" tape! :mad:
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Man, that's a lot for customs! :eek:

Unfortunately I haven't found any place in Canada, online, which sells tape, whether RMGI or Quantegy. I was meaning to contact someone at RMGI and ask about distributors here but I'm procrascinating. Have to do it.

BTW, which recorder do you own ?
 
Protape (datastores.co.uk) appear to have cancelled the order and refunded the money. I guess they don't actually have any RMGI yet. I'll try again in a few weeks.
 
That's too bad. Let us know when the order goes through.
 
Unfortunately I haven't found any place in Canada, online, which sells tape, whether RMGI or Quantegy. I was meaning to contact someone at RMGI and ask about distributors here but I'm procrascinating. Have to do it.

BTW, which recorder do you own ?
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Tascam 38. I'm also planning on getting a Revox deck for mixdowns, instead of consumer Akai.

I've contacted their Canadian distributor about where I can buy in Canada, and after he found out that I'm not gonna be buying full boxes, but just 2-3 rolls a time instead, he hasn't replied back :confused: Oh well...

There's only one Canadian online store I've found, they had Quantegy 456 1/2" tape and it was $120 per roll.
 
_DK said:
Tascam 38. I'm also planning on getting a Revox deck for mixdowns, instead of consumer Akai.

I've contacted their Canadian distributor about where I can buy in Canada, and after he found out that I'm not gonna be buying full boxes, but just 2-3 rolls a time instead, he hasn't replied back :confused: Oh well...

There's only one Canadian online store I've found, they had Quantegy 456 1/2" tape and it was $120 per roll.
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Nice machine the 38 :) I once owned an Akai deck and it was good sounding but I see what you're saying.

You may want to go to a local Long & McQuade and ask if they can special order some tapes for you.

Do you happen to have a link for that thieving online store which sells for $120 ?

If you plan to buy online, from the states, maybe it'd be to your benefit to ask for USPS shipping as customs would be just 14% of the item cost or about $14 for every 100 bucks. If you can help it, don't let 'em ship via courier 'cause the so called "brokerage" fees can be frightening. :eek:
 
cjacek said:
Nice machine the 38 :) I once owned an Akai deck and it was good sounding but I see what you're saying.

You may want to go to a local Long & McQuade and ask if they can special order some tapes for you.
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I'll try that.

cjacek said:
Do you happen to have a link for that thieving online store which sells for $120 ?
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No, I didn't save that link... It was some electronics store in Toronto.

cjacek said:
If you plan to buy online, from the states, maybe it'd be to your benefit to ask for USPS shipping as customs would be just 14% of the item cost or about $14 for every 100 bucks. If you can help it, don't let 'em ship via courier 'cause the so called "brokerage" fees can be frightening. :eek:
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They sent it by UPS this time. Yeah, I should have asked them for more shipping options.
 
Yeah, when sending the regular way, like USPS, customs usually just charges taxes, gst + pst plus a flat $5 fee. That's a whole lot better than what something like UPS does. I recall one time getting a $50 bill for a $60 item! So not only will UPS smash your shit, they'll rip you off as well! :eek:
 
Unfortunately US Recording Media has it wrong when it comes to equivalents. The SM468 is a +6 operating level tape (406 is a +3) and is closer to 456 but requires a bit more bias. 407 is also a +3 tape, just on a thinner base. RMGI doesn't have any +3 tapes but one can do very well with the RMGI LPR35 (equivalent to Quantegy 457) and SM911 (equivalent to Quantegy 456) and run the recorder at a lower operating level.

It should be like this:
406- No direct equivalent exists but can be setup for SM911 / SM468 (closest match)
407- No direct equivalent exists but can be setup for LPR35 (closest match)
457- RMGI LPR-35
456- RMGI SM911 / SM468* (*needs more bias)
499 / GP9- RMGI SM900
 
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That's too bad. Let us know when the order goes through.
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I've just taken delivery of some SM911. Two 1/4" reels, one 1/2" reel and a 5" 1/4" spool to follow. Protape have done some rather strange things in the past, so I'll have to phone them up and find out what's happened.

They're going to have a fun time if they try to charge the credit card now, because I've moved house since the order was placed :D
 
jpmorris said:
I've just taken delivery of some SM911. Two 1/4" reels, one 1/2" reel and a 5" 1/4" spool to follow. Protape have done some rather strange things in the past, so I'll have to phone them up and find out what's happened.

They're going to have a fun time if they try to charge the credit card now, because I've moved house since the order was placed :D
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Hey, thanks for the update. So as I understand, you took delivery from some other place ? Was it from Protape ?
 
cjacek said:
Hey, thanks for the update. So as I understand, you took delivery from some other place ? Was it from Protape ?
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It was indeed from Protape, I'm just not sure whether I've paid for them :rolleyes:

Something like this happened when I tried to order some red 1/2" leader, a box suddenly turning up after I'd forgotten about it. In any case I'm glad to have a supplier for 1/2" again. I'm also pleased about the 1/4" tape, since I've been trying to mix each album on a different brand of tape...
 
Yeah, I see what you're saying ... Protape may indeed be a bit disorganized but at least you've got tape and that is great news! :)
 
RMGI tape specs

I dont know if you've seen the actual specs on the RMGI tapes but I thought I'd share this with you anyway. Here is a link directly to RMGI in Holland.
Lots of good information:

http://www.rmgi.nl/

On the left side of the home page, scroll down to the "Product Overview"
link. This will open a series of links to pdf files on all the tape types.

Enjoy,

Teresa
Splicit Reel Audio
www.splicit.com
 
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