[Arny Krueger]

"bob" wrote in message


On 1/26/2011 6:15 PM, nabob wrote:

... The sad thing is that, by and large, audiophiles
don't want good-sounding CDs either. I visited the
Acoustic Sounds Web site earlier today, and here's a
count of how many offerings they have in various
categories:

CD: 1,610
*SACD: 3,100
Vinyl Record: 22,049

I believe that the usual estimate for number of SACD titles ever released
is at bit more than 3000.

And just for further confirmation, same data from Music
Direct:

Vinyl: 6418
SACD: 503
CD: 355

Clearly two equally mismanaged companies with no idea
what their market wants.

These are niche providers, and that is very clear.

Serving niches can be very profitable, if well-managed.

If you can easily get it someplace else for a competitive price, they don't
want to carry it. The CDs they carry are probably from labels with only very
narrow distribution.