SACD vs DVD audio vs 24/96..??


Now that there is SACD player #3 (Marantz SA CD-1 for a mere $7500) with a whopping 24 titles to choose from in SA-CD format, and 24/96 & DVD just coming in to age. What format will survive? Will they RIP like the Sony Beta video, or DAT formats and the MD formats? Will the audiophile of today have the saying "Long live the 44khz 16 bit format", as we said 15 years ago "Long live analog"?
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There are actually many more than 25 SACD titles, at least 50! *grin* I am the owner of an SCD-1 from Sony, I was sold when I heard it. In one word... Awesome! My prediction is that Sony will release a player sometime next year that plays CD, SACD, DVD and DVD-A. The price of the current players will fall. The DVD-A software will be plentiful and inexpensive, and eventually SACD will die; probably in the next 3 to 5 years. The major factor will be the availability of software for DVD-A vs. SACD, the next will be the lower price of DVD-A vs. SACD software, finally, the price and availability of hardware will be the death of SACD. It will hang on for certain purposes and certain people, just like Beta has done, but it is the loosing format in the end. That is my opinion. Knowing all that, I still bought the player and I am buying SACD software... Because IT SOUNDS SO GOOD!! It's wonderful to waste money on stuff like this, isn't it?? (In case you're wondering... I also have a couple of MD recorders and players, same story! But for now, I have decent music while traveling!)