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Tape Machines => Tape Tech => Topic started by: DSC on December 17, 2009, 07:11:50 PM
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I love this place.
I have been lurking around here for a while.
I have an Otari MX-5050 BII.
I was wondering if any of you know where I can get Quantegy GP9 1/4" tape?
Thanks for any help.
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Hi DSC (btw we use our real names here),
Glad to see another lurker dive into the swamp!
Regarding GP9, I've seen some selling on eBay from time to time but aside from the usual chances that you take when purchasing anything there, GP9 as well as all of the back coated tapes that Quantegy made has a good chance of developing binder hydrolysis better know as sticky shed syndrome. As a matter of fact, here's a quote from Paul Stubblebine from a while back.
"In my experience, Quantegy NEVER fixed their sticky shed problem. Even in their last year of production I was baking--for myself and for customers--reels of 499 and GP9 that were less than six months old."
It would be one thing if there were no alternatives to this tape but there are two high output tapes that are in current production,.. RMGI 900 and ATR Magnetics tape. Both can be had here;
http://usrecordingmedia-store.stores.yahoo.net/
You may of course, find some GP9 for less money, but if only 20% were to become unplayable,.. well, you get the idea.
On top of that, these two remaining manufacturers of very high quality recording tape have really stuck out their necks to keep the worlds tape machines rolling (can you imagine going to a bank and asking for a half mil or so to make magnetic tape?). I think we should support these guys or before long, we'll all have to buy tape on eBay.
If you're unfamiliar with Sticky Shed, there is a short discussion of it in the "Beginners Guide" located in a sticky above the General Forum. The discussion starts in Reply #23.
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Sorry ironbut,
I do remember you saying that about the first names in another post.
Bad Habit. DSC is short for Deathstarchris or Chris is fine.
Thank you for the info. I just ordered two 7" reels of ATR to try out.
I'm glad I did not purchase any GP9. I did read the sticky on sticky
shed. Thanks again.
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I used GP9 for years. Now we've switched to RMGI 900.
Regards,