[bob]

Harry Lavo wrote:

Conversely, the fact that RIAA sales have declined with Sony pulling out of
SACD doesn't provide evidence that SACD is a dead market, as you seem to
always wish to trumpet.

When? Where? Quote me saying this.

For the record, my position is and always has been that SACD is and
probably will remain a niche market. I don't think it'll grow much
beyond where it is now, but it'll be around for a while.

BTW, its market *share* (as well as that of vinyl) may well increase
somewhat, as the bottom continues to fall out of physical media
generally. Indeed, one can imagine a not-too-distant future when the
*only* people buying physical media are audiophiles. Everybody else
will have a $10/month subscription to all the music ever made--and I
don't see hi-rez becoming a download product. (Though I hope Blu-Ray or
whatever brings us to CD-quality surround, which will be downloadable
once the pipes get big enough.)

bob