DSD vs PCM .. Truth or Myth

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.  

I agree with Elizabeth! Sony missed a good opportunity to market dual discs together with players by being greedy with overpricing! For most people CD was "good enough" - and they sure weren't going to pay double!

To me, Sony is the fail. "IF" Sony had converted the entire catalog to dual CD/SACD and sold only those. (at near CD prices). Then enough folks would begin having SACDs to decide to buy a SACD machine.

Exactly my point indeed.

A golden opportunity missed on a huge scale by Sony.

A real shame and Sony only have themselves to blame.

Wonder if there were any ritual harikari committed at Sony HQ?