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Title: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: docb on January 24, 2011, 12:44:23 PM
In acknowledgment of your support, all current Series One and Series Two subscribers who order a Selective or a Full Series Three subscription before March 16, 2011 will receive a 10% discount off the regular subscription prices of $1800 for selective and $3000 for full - save up to $300! Shipping of the first of Series Three albums is estimated to begin in late spring. Contact Eileen at queen at bottlehead dot com or call 206-451-4275 to take advantage of this limited time offer.
http://www.tapeproject.com/subscription/subscription.htm (http://www.tapeproject.com/subscription/subscription.htm)
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: ironbut on January 24, 2011, 01:54:09 PM
Excellent deal Doc!
Being the penny pincher that I am, I'll be sure and take advantage of that.
Please post a reminder a week or two before the special ends.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: xcortes on January 24, 2011, 03:22:33 PM
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Excellent deal Doc!
Being the penny pincher that I am, I'll be sure and take advantage of that.
Please post a reminder a week or two before the special ends.

+1
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on January 24, 2011, 04:03:33 PM
I think that I am going to have to see the other titles before I commit to this again.

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: c1ferrari on January 24, 2011, 08:38:27 PM
Thanks, Doc...much appreciated :-)
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: TomR on January 25, 2011, 10:57:24 AM
When will the rest of Series 3 be announced?

Thanks,

Tom
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: docb on January 25, 2011, 11:35:05 AM
We are working hard to acquire four more titles for Series Three and even more titles for future series. As always, we don't announce titles until we have a signed licensing agreement. And so it is difficult to say exactly when we will be able to announce them, but we are hopeful that it will be fairly soon.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on January 25, 2011, 02:34:44 PM
Hi Dan,
In all fairness to all who have supported the TP from the start wouldn't it be right to offer the discount after all ten titles have been announced?

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: docb on January 25, 2011, 02:58:51 PM
This discount is to offer the opportunity for those who are willing to trust our judgment to get a bit of a reward for investing in Series Three based on what we have secured so far. This goes a long way toward getting the Series rolling and gives us cash by which to acquire those future titles.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on January 25, 2011, 07:46:20 PM
This discount is to offer the opportunity for those who are willing to trust our judgment to get a bit of a reward for investing in Series Three based on what we have secured so far.

Dan,
I understand that!!! At the same time some of us have already trusted in you and your decisions, and based on that was my comment!!! Looking at the first six titles what if I am only interested in let's say three of them, I would want to wait until the other four are announced before investing in series three. This of course is just my opinion but, my opinion is what counts to me.

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: docb on January 26, 2011, 11:21:12 AM
The way we look at this is the subscribers who invest early are helping everyone by building up a bank account to give us more leverage in the acquisition of  bigger titles that come with more expensive licenses. So an early investment at this time could make it more certain that those last four will be outstanding choices.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on January 26, 2011, 11:32:53 AM
The way we look at this is the subscribers who invest early are helping everyone by building up a bank account to give us more leverage in the acquisition of  bigger titles that come with more expensive licenses. So an early investment at this time could make it more certain that those last four will be outstanding choices.
The way I am looking at it is I have aready done this TWICE!!! in good faith, and feel a reward would be to have a discount offered when all the titles are known. Also how many of the last four are going to be Classical??? Something I don't have just about any interest in???

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 201
Post by: jeri on January 26, 2011, 07:52:24 PM
Uh Oh.  I was with Jay right up until he expressed the concern that some of the last four might be classical.  I would be happy with classical -- depending on the works, of course.  (Please, no Schoenberg.)  I'm concerned there might be more jazz.  There is already at least 40% of Series III devoted to jazz, along with the the 40% of Series I and the 40% of Series II.  I was happy to have some in the first two series for variety, but jazz isn't my favorite and I have no interest in more.  On the other hand, if, say, Peter, Paul, and Mary were among the TBD's, it would be a different story.  So I'm in the wait and see camp, too.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 201
Post by: jcmusic on January 27, 2011, 01:59:15 PM
Uh Oh.  I was with Jay right up until he expressed the concern that some of the last four might be classical.  I would be happy with classical -- depending on the works, of course.  (Please, no Schoenberg.)  I'm concerned there might be more jazz.  There is already at least 40% of Series III devoted to jazz, along with the the 40% of Series I and the 40% of Series II.  I was happy to have some in the first two series for variety, but jazz isn't my favorite and I have no interest in more.  On the other hand, if, say, Peter, Paul, and Mary were among the TBD's, it would be a different story.  So I'm in the wait and see camp, too.
I agree fully wait and see!!! Jeri I have nothing against Classical it is just that I prefer other variety over Classical.

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: xcortes on January 27, 2011, 02:53:38 PM
I think that the TP has so far managed to balance reasonably well among genres. And I would expect such tendency to continue in Series Three thus including some classical.

In the Series Three anouncement thread I said:

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Hopefully there will be some classical in the remainder four

And Doc's answer was:

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We are delving into a catalog with great depth for some primo classical titles.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: TomR on January 27, 2011, 02:59:01 PM
6 out of 20 (30%) for series 1 and 2 hardly seems like too many classical. It all depends on tastes, of course, and there has been an attempt to strike a balance, since there aren't that many releases to go around. Maybe it is one of these things that if everyone complains, the balance must be just right.

Personally, I have been mostly satisfied with the selection of titles. I thought the classical side was a bit on the "light classics" side of things, but the performances and sound are all excellent.  Really looking forward to Church Windows, which is a major piece that is going to test our systems. The tapes that have spent the most time on my deck have probably been Creek Bank, Brilliant Corners, and Blackjack David, but I am happy to have them all.

Schoenberg's Transfigured Night wouldn't be so hard for most......more like Wagner or Richard Strauss than say, Five Pieces for Orchestra.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: ironbut on January 27, 2011, 04:20:42 PM
I've also been very happy with the selections made so far. Of course, there are titles that see much more play time than others but that's because I get hooked on one album for a while and not because I don't like the ones that don't get played as much.

As far as the balance of genres goes, we do have the Suggestion Box forum and I'd say that the releases have tracked the posts there pretty closely.
I can't say how surprised I am how few posts we get in that forum. With some vinyl release series I've seen folks begging for some sort of avenue to make their requests known. We have it here and nobody uses it?!

I can sympathize with JC nevertheless. It would be better for the members to know all the titles before they lay down their hard earned cash no doubt. But, this is a special deal offered to get some cash flow going and the trade off is not knowing the final titles. I'm sure that the principles realize that this isn't for everyone and there's nothing wrong with being one of the members that would prefer to pass on it.
I'm sure that most of us realize that the Tape Project's rule regarding not announcing future titles till all the paperwork is signed is set in stone. I haven't resorted to physical torture but I'm not getting any hints that you guys don't hear.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on January 27, 2011, 06:11:09 PM
I've also been very happy with the selections made so far. Of course, there are titles that see much more play time than others but that's because I get hooked on one album for a while and not because I don't like the ones that don't get played as much.

As far as the balance of genres goes, we do have the Suggestion Box forum and I'd say that the releases have tracked the posts there pretty closely.
I can't say how surprised I am how few posts we get in that forum. With some vinyl release series I've seen folks begging for some sort of avenue to make their requests known. We have it here and nobody uses it?!

I can sympathize with JC nevertheless. It would be better for the members to know all the titles before they lay down their hard earned cash no doubt. But, this is a special deal offered to get some cash flow going and the trade off is not knowing the final titles. I'm sure that the principles realize that this isn't for everyone and there's nothing wrong with being one of the members that would prefer to pass on it.
I'm sure that most of us realize that the Tape Project's rule regarding not announcing future titles till all the paperwork is signed is set in stone. I haven't resorted to physical torture but I'm not getting any hints that you guys don't hear.
Well just to clear the air a bit, I never said I didn't like any of the so far titles. What I am saying is that I have laid out the cash in good faith TWICE already, and now there is an offer of a discount to lay it out AGAIN without knowing what the last four titles are!!! I feel this offer should be offered after all ten titles are known for those of us who in the past took the leap of faith!!1

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on January 31, 2011, 09:51:41 PM
I've also been very happy with the selections made so far. Of course, there are titles that see much more play time than others but that's because I get hooked on one album for a while and not because I don't like the ones that don't get played as much.

As far as the balance of genres goes, we do have the Suggestion Box forum and I'd say that the releases have tracked the posts there pretty closely.
I can't say how surprised I am how few posts we get in that forum. With some vinyl release series I've seen folks begging for some sort of avenue to make their requests known. We have it here and nobody uses it?!

I can sympathize with JC nevertheless. It would be better for the members to know all the titles before they lay down their hard earned cash no doubt. But, this is a special deal offered to get some cash flow going and the trade off is not knowing the final titles. I'm sure that the principles realize that this isn't for everyone and there's nothing wrong with being one of the members that would prefer to pass on it.
I'm sure that most of us realize that the Tape Project's rule regarding not announcing future titles till all the paperwork is signed is set in stone. I haven't resorted to physical torture but I'm not getting any hints that you guys don't hear.
Well just to clear the air a bit, I never said I didn't like any of the so far titles. What I am saying is that I have laid out the cash in good faith TWICE already, and now there is an offer of a discount to lay it out AGAIN without knowing what the last four titles are!!! I feel this offer should be offered after all ten titles are known for those of us who in the past took the leap of faith!!1

Jay
What no one has anything to say???

Jay
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: astrotoy on February 11, 2011, 02:34:02 AM
I'm back from a long trip overseas. I'm in for Series 3.  I'm not a jazz person, so I would be one the other side from Jay as far as classical. However, the TP has introduced me to some great music that I would have not otherwise encountered.  A similar thing happened over 30 years ago, when Harry Pearson started TAS SuperDisc list - and included a fair number of 20th century composers from Gt. Britain (through Lyrita records) and the US (through Mercury) that I had never heard of, let alone heard. That has led me in musical directions that have been very rewarding.  Thanks, Larry
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: TomR on March 10, 2011, 11:16:58 PM
I just reupped. I look forward to Series III!
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: High and Outside on March 13, 2011, 08:36:56 PM
Just a reminder...if you haven't already re-upped, you have just two more days to take advantage of the discount.
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: ironbut on March 13, 2011, 08:47:51 PM
Thanks Paul!
Somehow I remembered to "pay my dues" a few days ago but normally, this is exactly the kinda stuff I space.

Great choices on series 3!
The "Catalog" page on the TP home site is looking very impressive!
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: MylesAstor on March 16, 2011, 05:37:17 PM
I just reupped. I look forward to Series III!

I'm all in. Now if I can just figure out a way to get rid of some of the people ahead of me in the queue :) Any ideas :)
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: jcmusic on June 15, 2012, 10:40:32 PM
Well I see that all the series 3 titles are still not on the table!!! Now
how long has it been since the offer of a discount? I think about 18 months!!! WOW!!!
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: audioblazers on July 05, 2012, 10:36:52 AM
JCmusic I m with you in this. It's taking way too long. 18mths to receive 1st tape
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: deeng on July 29, 2012, 03:30:53 PM
I think it would be great to get an update---a progress report---something to let us know what's happening with the project.  I'm not seeing anything.


Scott
Title: Re: Special discount for Series One & Series Two subscribers, thru March 15, 2011
Post by: MyPal on November 22, 2012, 03:11:51 AM
Hi all,

I'm new to this forum & would like to introduce myself.

My name is Steve from Melbourne Australia. I recently purchased a refurbished A810 MkII s/n: #7979, one of the last 10 made. It originated from a retired CBS exec & has low Canadian hours. It has undergone a Studer restoration.  Currently it is calibrated for 3M996 & SM911 tape medium.  It is setup & plays beautifully.

I am interested in subscribing & hope all is well with The Tape Project.  In fact, I purchased the Studer with this in mind.  From my perspective here, things seemed to have gotten a little quiet with The Tape Project but there is some chatter at O....? 

1. Are there any current subscription offers for new subscribers?
2. Secondly, given my rig & current calibration, am I good to go?
3. How is Series 3 progressing?
4. Will we see a Series 4?
 

I also have a couple of NOS A820 tranfoless cards that I'm thinking of installing?  Any thoughts & feedback would be appreciated.

Best Regards

Steve