Well said again, Beck well said.
I know, I have heard the many and horrible experiences about TapeandTape here on this thread, and I have to agree with you, that if you have a continual distrust because of getting your chain yanked and maybe outright lied to constantly, or the many lame excuses made, then I can see why no one here who had really annoying and bad experience(s) from Bill would do business again with him.
I agree with you also Beck that he does mislead many people into believing that this tape is the same as that brand of tape and its the same bias etc. etc., I don't know if he is clueless, or trying to mislead, but again if you know what you are doing in this Hobby then you should already know what to look for in bias compatible tapes and not listen to "Bill" the so-called tape expert, he just sells tapes and that is all he does, of course he should never give false comparisons. bad Bill baaaad
Newbies should difinately watch out for Bill's comparison charts, but for his tape pricing you can at least afford to try out different kinds of tapes/model numbers and brands to see what works best for you on your machine.
I know I am becoming a little short with Bill for giving me another bad reel after he exchanged the first three bad reels. Even though I got a reel good deal from him( no pun intended) and bought many reels at$2.50 a reel in good condition.
But sometimes It is a waste of my time driving to his warehouse exchanging defective reels of tape, although that happens very little, unless of course I am already picking up some more of those 3m 996 tape and or the Zonal 818, 3m 986 reel tapes that I have had excellent results from their use. In case others don't live close though and many do not, shipping tape back and forth to Bill ain't worth it, no way!
But I say if the price is not the concern, and absolute quality is needed every time consistently without doubt, then everybody here should buy new tape from RMGI and support them or whoever now is selling new reel tape. And if you don't like the hassle of exchanging used tape because of defects from time to time.
On the other hand if we don't use and get good use out of the old classic brands of reel tapes, then they will eventually will have to be discarded and we would have not had a chance to hear them and to make some excellent recordings.
Who knows how long the new reel tape manufactures tapes will last. Time will tell???
But I say if it ain't broke yet, the old stock of reel tapes, then maybe we have a chance of it lasting 30 years or more??? Hopefully we can master or back up our reel tape recordings to DVD audio and or something like that, even though 24 bit audio still doesn't sound as good as reel to reel tape.
