SACD availability

SACD is not very popular for many reasons. It was very expensive at the beginning, could not be copied to provide backup and could not be used with computer server system. Sometimes I think that all schemes (SACD, DVD-A, HDCD) were only for copy protection where they loose a lot of money. It is very difficult to compete with established standard (redbook CD) while a lot of people switched to servers. I would not buy SACD for that reason alone.

Rwwear - part that I can rip is red book only - rest is useless to me since I use only server. I don't mind buying SACD if it is not too expensive.

Rwear - I have a DAC but SACD format is different and cannot be stored on Hard Disk. I can use red book layer but it is the same as buying standard CD.