Quantegy , despite the oddity of still being an active link, posted this announcement recently: "Plans are being formulated for the revival of Quantegy 499 Gold Studio Mastering and GP9 Platinum Studio Mastering audio products, as well as the Black Diamond Hard Disk Drive series of products."
Peter Hutt and Jahret Sylvester give their names as the people to contact. Hmmm. I do know that Peter was searching around for someone to do the manufacturing of these tapes for him, as there is no operable tape making equipment left from the Quantegy factory. And I believe that RMG said, "No." So who else has tape making capabilities? Why ATR magnetics, of course. Hmmm... I am glad that there is tape available now and in the future, with three operating decks in my studio....
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International Dynamic Range Day is March 16th
by Allen Farmelo
Like any war, the loudness wars are a total mess brought on by territorial tendencies amongst those who fear losing their place in the world. And like a real war, the loudness wars cause people to throw rational thought out the window and replace it...
