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SACD - Dying already?

I just read the industry blurb in this month's TAS which described how it seems the stream of SACDs from Sony has pretty much dried up. I was in the largest local independent record store in my area last week and actually bought a SACD because it was music not available on CD. The SACD/DVD-A section was a bit smaller than a year ago and I asked the manager about it. He laughed and said they only sell 2-3 a month combined and he doesn't order many anymore. Except for audiophiles, is anyone buying these things? Or, are all hopes and dreams of SACD slowly fading away (for at least Sony)? Tomryan  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-17-04

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 06-17-04   Someone is buying sacd's. i find used ones all the time in t ...   David99 06-17-04   Apparently the only sacds that have sold in any numbers are ...   Bomarc 06-17-04   I think that sacd and dvd-a will be a very small niche marke ...   Slappy 06-17-04   Slappy, i fear you might be right. i fear it as i have rece ...   Kennyt 06-17-04   Only hybrid cd/scad discs make any sense to me as a music bu ...   Tvad 06-17-04   I heard that a re-issue of the kinks catalog on sacd is comi ...   Tfkaudio 06-17-04   The average joe does not even understand when to use a digit ...   Darrylhifi 06-17-04   Why should "local stores" expect to sell sacds? o ...   jdaniel@ 06-18-04   I look at it another way and think it's major failing has be ...   Ben_campbell 06-18-04   The main reason sony has cut back on sacd production has to ...   Merganser 06-18-04   I agree that sacd remains the product of internet and direct ...   Themadmilkman 06-18-04   The format will, of course, survive. all of the above is ju ...   Ed_sawyer 06-18-04   I think you might be right. my local tower records has recen ...   Sidssp 06-18-04   I have what i feel is a very revealing system (certainly one ...   Bundy 06-18-04   I buy sacd every chance i get. i either buy them online or f ...   Sinosin 06-18-04   I never think to buy discs anywhere except the net. dvd-a w ...   Eldartford 06-18-04   It's interesting timing of this post as i just purchased my ...   Rec 06-18-04   “i have also considered that dvd-a has some advantage to the ...   Jer 06-18-04   Some cars have dvd headunits and there are portable dvd walk ...   Aroc 06-18-04   Imho, intentional purchases on the part of the mainstream pu ...   Raygunn 06-18-04   Just a correction to my above posting: that was "3 new ...   jdaniel@ 06-18-04   They are both dead. mass storage device based music systems ...   merge03@ 06-18-04   It has never been off life support.you slice the music liste ...   Clbeanz 06-18-04   If it was never alive, how can it be dying?   Gladstone 06-18-04   The history of high end audio has always been taking mass me ...   Tonyp54 06-18-04   Ipersonally think sacd and dvd-a are going to fade as soon a ...   Elizabeth 06-18-04   I agree with elizabeth on both points. well said.   Tvad 06-18-04   Tony writes: dvd is the new mass media, witnessed by the un ...   jdaniel@ 06-19-04   Jdaniel, you misunderstand some of my opinions. in saying so ...   Tonyp54 06-19-04   Even the profusion of cheap universal players has not sparke ...   Budrew 06-19-04   I think sony came up with sacd to get back money lost when c ...   Tomryan 06-19-04   when i have talked about sacd with my non-audiophile friend ...   Rex 06-19-04   (1)you suggest that sacd is dying because they don't sell in ...   jdaniel@ 06-19-04   Your right, dvd is for those who aren't complaining, and th ...   Tonyp54 06-19-04   I agree with the mass market mp3\cmptr outlook! i do not lik ...   Panny 06-19-04   I have been involved in this hobby for over 40 years, starte ...   robert8409@ 06-19-04   It doesn't matter whether or not your friends have heard of ...   jdaniel@ 06-19-04   Well, jdaniel - your theory sounds quite clever, but there's ...   Rex 06-19-04   Rex: emi doesn't manufacture sacds...yet. they are looking ...   jdaniel@ 06-20-04   Robert said very well: "the general public just doesn't ...   Dmitrydr 06-20-04   There is no allure to recording in dsd. there is a multitu ...   merge03@ 06-20-04   Jdaniel writes: well, that's weird - i guess the emi sacds ...   Rex 06-20-04   In my local shop, hybrid sacd's are still thriving. there ar ...   Gaudio_eek 06-20-04   Well, my final word, (which will be a relief to many of you ...   jdaniel@ 06-20-04   Jd i think you are looking at things in a very simplistic fa ...   Ben_campbell 06-20-04   both cd replay and the quality of remastered redbook discs ...   Radknee 06-21-04   "i socialize where the action is..." sorry, but i ...   Tomryan 06-21-04: Bluefin How much do your reasonable good transport and DAC cost? I have seen many try to beat up $500 SONY SACD player by several K red book player. It is not a fair fight. Dollar to dollar, give it a chance! Bluefin  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-21-04   $2,800.00 transport, $1,300.00 for dac. also use a $500.00 ...   Tomryan 06-23-04   From the sacd conference in hong kong....... "in spite ...   Merganser

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