Re: [ARSCLIST] Quantegy has closed ???

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dale,

We've been discussing this at length last night on the Ampex mailing list.

I believe some reel tape is made in India, but from what I've heard (and I'm
passing it along without verification) it's not up to the standards of say
Emtec 911 -- although much of Quantegy's production suffered from poorer
slitting than Emtec's. Emtec is definitely gone. We'll see what happens with
Quantegy, but I wouldn't keep my hopes up if Emtec's fate is any indicator.

A quick check of Google News at this moment still showed no hits for Quantegy.

So far, the only reference we have to this are the two that you cited.

I think those archives that are still reformatting to open reel tape will need
to reconsider the strategy.

Best,

Richard
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Richard L. Hess
http://www.richardhess.com/


Quoting Dale Francis <dallen@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

>   the last analog tape manufacturer
> Don't know if that's 100% correct it seems to be the final curtain call
> for analog multitrack.
>
>   the tape plant in Opelaika, Alabama closed
> over the weekend.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/57vpd for the newspaper story
>
> a venture capital firm was hired to find an investor for
> Quantegy.
>
> http://www.equitypartnersinc.com/detail_view.cfm?detid=24
>
>
> Dale
> dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.longrunaudio.com
>