Quantegy to say goodbye...again?

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"Heard this from another source...

Quantegy Recording Solutions LLC, a manufacturer of various professional magnetic tape and other recording media products located in Opelika, Alabama, announced on January 18th that it would cease manufacturing and selling most of its product lines on April 30, 2007.

Products to be discontinued include all of its professional audio and video products. It blames changing demands in the fast-moving recording media field as the main reason for this decision. In the announcement, Mr. Frank Foster, Quantegy’s CEO, notes that, "Today, the same technological forces that brought us magnetic tape have in turn brought us new technologies that have supplanted many of the markets Quantegy Recording Solutions once served. The net result of this technology shift is the decline in demand for magnetic tape in these professional markets." He continued, "We believe the best way to honor Quantegy’s tradition and history is to produce the highest quality magnetic tape products today while bringing you new solutions for tomorrow. On this note, the company has begun to leverage its
knowledge of the markets it serves to bring its customers new products to build a platform for the future." Mr. Foster’s announcement gave no indication of what those future products might be."
 
Rumor

I seriously doubt it… though few of us will be surprised when/if a tape manufacturer goes bust again, or another rises.

No source given at Tape-op and it’s a message board just like this one. Whatever it turns out to be it is currently a textbook example of an unsubstantiated rumor... and a deliberate one at that.

There is nothing in the Opelika-Auburn News. During the last tape crisis they were the go-to source for the latest info.

Could be a good rumor for Quantegy to boost sales, or just a restless prankster wanting to start something, or someone is selling a bunch of tape on eBay... it's about that time of year.

:)
 
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I did notice their 457 is a give-a-way price right now, at jsut over $8 a reel.
 
Yup and their 1/2" 406 is half their original price! :eek:
 
They always have specials. 1/4" 457 and 1/2" 406 just aren't moving right now. :)
 
Well, even if it is true, there are alternatives this time so it's wouldn't be quite such a bitter blow. I'm mostly using Zonal for 1/4" now, but I do still rely on Quantegy for the 1/2" stuff, at least until someone in the UK starts selling RMGI.
 
the new sm911 I think sounds really good but it does have a lot of oxide it seems??? I might even be concerned that 15 years from now it might have sticky shed.....
 
FALKEN said:
the new sm911 I think sounds really good but it does have a lot of oxide it seems??? I might even be concerned that 15 years from now it might have sticky shed.....
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Are you serious?! I use that tape!
What about SM468?
 
I wish 407 was on sale. I just got 4 new reels of it from quantegy on friday.
 
i'm not saying that it WILL have sticky shed....I have no idea and I was actually hoping someone might know more about this... its just that the ampex tape did have sticky shed and they were able to solve that problem. now, with the new formulations, do we really know if it is going to be good or not?? (do we?)
 
FALKEN said:
i'm not saying that it WILL have sticky shed....I have no idea and I was actually hoping someone might know more about this... its just that the ampex tape did have sticky shed and they were able to solve that problem. now, with the new formulations, do we really know if it is going to be good or not?? (do we?)
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SM911 has been around since at least 1985 - that's the earliest instance I've found so far. I'm not sure when it was introduced, and I don't know if 1980s BASF tape had the sticky-shed problem.
Of course we don't know if the RMGI stuff is exactly the same as what BASF were making, but then again, we don't know that for sure about the new Quantegy stuff either :rolleyes:
 
AGFA had some problems but when BASF took over, it fixed all of that. BASF/EMTEC/RMGI all have had no binder problems.
 
_DK said:
What about SM468?
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If it's BASF/EMTEC/RMGI then no problem. It's rock steady. No shed issues.

I've read the AGFA 468 had a shed problem but then again, when BASF took over, it fixed all issues.
 
got this email today....




ATR Magnetics Update - January 2007


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