Quote Originally Posted by croseiv
No, I'm not joking. They can be purchased at "mainstream" stores now instead of specialty dealers. I was surprised to see numerous classical SACDs at Borders book store just the other day, also at Circuit City. That is pretty mainstream. And the SACD choices are really expanding. The appeal of the SACD format is that they can be played in normal CD players, regardless of whether or not the average listener has the hardware to truly enjoy the multi-channel experience.
DVD-Audio, and SACD have been "Mainstreamed" but are far from mainstream. I think the ratio is about 10,000 to one in sales compared to CD. Even Vinyl records outsell SACD, so calling them mainstream is really pusing it.