QUANTEGY 97G111 456 2″ GRAND MASTER GOLD

Quantegy 456 Grand Master has produced more No. 1 hits and gold albums than all other tapes combined. The professional recording industry has chosen performance and reel-to-reel consistency in studios around the globe. Quantegy 456 Grand MasterTM continues to be the world’s most widely used analog tape, from studio recording to broadcast radio.

– Industry Bias Reference Standard
– Reel-to-reel consistency
– Elimination of transit errors
– TapeCare(TM) packaging for archival storage and transportation
– Widest variety of packaging options for studio labeling compatibility
– Available in all configurations1/4″, 1/2″, 1″ and 2″ widths from 600′ to 5000′ lengths

Magnetic Properties
Coercivity 320 Oe (25.5 kA/m)
Retentivity 1500 Gs (150 mT)
Physical Properties
Standard Widths:
1/4″ 0.246″ (6.3 mm)
1/2″ 0.496″ (12.6 mm)
1″ 0.997″ (25.4 mm)
2″ 1.996″ (50.9 mm)
Nominal Thickness:
Base Film 1400 µ” (35.4 µm)
Oxide Coating 500 µ” (12.7 µm)
Backcoating 30 µ” (0.8 µm)
Total 1930 µ” (48.9 µm)
Performance Properties
Sensitivity at 1 KHz +2.0 dB
Sensitivity at 10 KHz +4.0 dB
Third Harmonic Distortion at
Reference Level (1 KHz) 0.1 %
Output Level at 3%
Third Harmonic Distortion (1 KHz) +12.3 dB
Modulation Noise Ratio -76.0 dB
Print-through -55.0 dB