"Last Monday, purist producers, engineers and artists were dealt a blow when Quantegy Inc., the last remaining manufacturer in the U.S. of 2-inch professional analog recording tape, filed for bankruptcy protection. Metro Mobile Recording owner Timothy Powell says, "On a certain level, it signals the end of analog recording. With the advent of digital, analog as the industry standard became somewhat obsolete from a usage but not a sonic standpoint," he says. "Even though it's not an accurate medium, there's something magical about it."

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