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™ 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