DSD vs PCM .. Truth or Myth

I listen to Classical, the one genre that embraced SACD and has kept it alive.  I have well over a hundred SACDs.
  SACD didn’t fail because it was an improvement, it failed because most people don’t give a damn about audio quality and think that Apple crappy ear buds are all they need

DSD played back with a DSD Dac like Playback Design will sound amazing, however DSD played back with Dacs focusing on PCM is another story.

SACD didn’t fail because it was an improvement, it failed because most people don’t give a damn about audio quality and think that Apple crappy ear buds are all they need

Mahler123
Very true, but I believe that greed also helped to kill it.  To charge initially over $30 for SACD (vs $15 CD), while media is maybe $1 more and everything else is the same (royalties, box, booklet etc) is not very smart.  It killed Sony Beta, Iomega Zip Drive and many others.  It is very difficult to establish new standard and overcharging doesn't help.