Viggen: I appreaciate your assessment of yourself as sometimes a gear lover and sometimes a music lover. I am definitely both. I jumped on SACD in the last year when several of my favorite bands' music was remastered (Police, Stones, P. Gabriel, Dylan, Miles Davis, Monk, etc.). I now have about 70 SACD's and enjoy them. The music lover side of me loves them because the music I love sounds spectacular to me--like I never heard it before. The gear lover side of me decided to buy an Exemplar modified Denon 2900 so that I can get the best of all worlds. The motivating factor for me is definitely the fact that so many of the artists I love have been remastered. If that were not the case I doubt I would have jumped in with both feet.
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)?
Except for audiophiles, is anyone buying these things? Or, are all hopes and dreams of SACD slowly fading away (for at least Sony)?