Turns out that ATR is taking over Quantegy reel tape business, of
which there is a lot. Both 3M and Ampex shut down their tape units
because profits are not increasing, not because they are unprofitable.
As long as they make this unstable tape, new tape has to be used
instead of old tape reused. Long term bulk purchases go bad on the
shelf. If ATR had any sense, the would license the Emitape formula
and put that in their Quantegy boxes so they would have tape that is
as good as their machines.
On 1/25/07, marksblitz <marksblitz@...> wrote:
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> I (thought I had) posted this item to the group yesterday, but it
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> Yahoo Groups; so unless it's so way-off topic that Don doesn't want
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> Wait a minute, that didn't sound right.....
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> For those of you who still do your own recording, and haven't yet
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> Quantegy Discontinues Magnetic Tape Products
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> http://prosoundnews.com/articles/article_4958.shtml
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> Then today, this:
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> ATR Magnetics, Now The Only US-Based Tape Manufacturer, Ready To Roll:
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> http://prosoundnews.com/articles/article_4966.shtml
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> I suspect at least one or two of us will find this of some
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> Mark B.,
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