SACD is NOT dead.

[hifitommy]

when i was handily critcized for embracing sacd here on AR. kinda like my adherence to vinyl which has paid off handily. and its not like i dont have RBCDs. i have plenty, just bought some more including jon hassell's 'leukocyte'. highly recommeded btw.

its rewarding to see others benefiting from the superior sound of sacd. i have even gotten a player that will do dvda and have a couple of those as well although is seems that dvda has nearly died. PLEASE correct me if i am wrong and hip me to where new product is to be gotten for reasonable.

one of these days i'll get crazy and buy some more amp channels to go with my pre pro. i now have a center ch that should do nicely.

[atomicAdam]

just found out my free toshiba DVD player will play SACDs - have to buy a copy of dead can dance toward the within too hear what i can hear.

[pixelthis]

SACD IS dead.
I love the format, have several SACDs, but in an age where CD is dying, SACD
hardly stands a chance.
Yeah, it sounds great, tell that to all of the cheap MP3 downloaders.
But thats not the worst of it, SACDS "niche" is high quality audio, and that is surpassed
by Blu ray.
NO you cant play blu in your car, neither can you play sacd in your car.
But BLU sound is superb, blows the doors off of SACD.
Not to mention that SACD is based on a disc with limited capacity compared to BLU.
Its only a matter of time before someone comes out with a music format based on a higher capacity disc, which will almost always beat a lower capacity one.
There just isnt a market for SACD, not a large one anyway.
So if you are a fan, better run out and buy as many as you can afford, before it goes the way of DVDA, and other dinosaurs.
Only a matter of time, really.
And that is sad, because SACD is a simple, uncomplicated, elegant way of listening
to music.
But it is not CD ver2.
Thats an IPOD