Notice how many SACD collections for sale?

I guess I missed out on the last couple of formats as I was too busy buying Lps. Did someone mention Hi-rez? Cheers!

I'm with Kal on this one. Fortunately, there were not all that many SACD only titles released after the first few years. I would imagine that most collections, my own included, only have a few of these titles. If I count the SACD only releases and the hybrids, I have about 200 titles.

What has started me thinking is that my SONY SCD555 ES SACD player is closing in on 5 years and these models have reportedly had a bad habit of breaking down after the warranty period expires and SONY has not been the greatest at servicing these models. If you were to believe all the stories over at Audio Asylum, every SACD player seems to break down quicker than its redbook counterpart. If the SONY does go down, I would be probably replace it with a redbook only CD player, like a Rega or Creek.

Regards, Rich

I have no use for SACD until the players outperform the LP playback I have now.
I hope SACD stays alive and improves

Will

SACD dying? That's funny because nobody seems to have told the hardware guys, they all offer SACD players and keep coming out with new ones. That tells me more than a few collections up for sale here.

As for me, I've got a very large collection that I'll keep adding to and have no plans to part with until I die.

SACD will go on with the "audiophile" labels and some others. It won't replace CD - mp3 will replace CD. It's already doing so quickly.

Just like the newer LPs coming out with new material and remastered old material, SACD will follow suit. And everyone who is jelous because they don't have SACD will continue with the SACD is dying threads hoping it will go away. But it will plague them for years. Blue Ray, blah blah - don't hold your breath. There is nothing else on the horizon that will replace CD other than mp3 in the next 5+ years and probably longer.

XRCD is good but double the price, so it's not competitive at $30.

HDCD sounds great on my Sony XA777ES as does standard redbook.