"B. Smith" wrote in message
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My only clue that proved to me that Sony was pulling the plug on SACD
was with Thomas Schippers' recording of Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev.
For ages it was not available on CD. About a year ago it came out on a
single layer SACD. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. I wander into
Tower, and see that Sony has released onto CD a series of "Great
Performances" ....and there it was.....all remastered in great sound,
and at a amazing low price of $7.99!!!! For me, that was the sign that
resisting had paid off. Thank you Sony, for saving me money on
equipment. So long SACD (and DVD-A for that matter), it's been great
not knowing you.

Oh, by the way.....I'm not just a stubborn pessimist. I do have HDCD in
my system. I know that when that little blue HDCD indicator light goes
on...........I know that my player's face is much prettier.


What you don't seem to acknowledge is that with or without Sony, SACD seems
to be taking off at least as a niche audiophile product...disk releases now
top 2500 and there are more being released each month this year than
last...even with Sony contributing NADA. Moreover, the market is now being
flooded with pretty decent low cost universals and Sony players, and DVD-A
recording software is now available for cheap for the small independent
labels, so DVD-A is also likely to be around in one form or another for some
time to come...perhaps as the home-brewed favorite. And both sound better
than CD.

So if you like your little blue HDCD lights, fine. You should like
additional lights for SACD, DVD-A, and Multichannel even more....they'll be
on your *next* player.