Is HDCD dead?

The only thing i tried to state is hdcd makes a differnce.And more players should have it ..

I agree.

yes. wait till you hear SACD of great player like Marantz SA11

I stumbled on to an Atlantic Records 50th anniversary HDCD CD.

I was using my mac mini USB to optical out to the optical inputs of my Denon DVD-5000 using it as a DAC. I can control the output of iTunes volume to the 5000, and since the Denon can encode or has a chip to encode HDCD CD's I noticed there was a switch going on in the player.

As soon as I reached a high enough volume or near full volume, the HDCD mode switched on, indicated on the front panel by a red little light and bam, almost two fold quality, I couldnt believe it!

I thought it was my 5000 going bad or something, but I was floored how I much the quality increased. There was instantly more presence to the music, it was an exprience. And it works, the decoding with a lossless rip of the CD too.

Now, I'm looking for a few favs on HDCD. ITs not dead in Asia I see.

Just rec'd Wayne Wallace's (Trombone-playing/Master arranger/educator/longtime member of West Coast Latin Jazz scene dating back to Azteca and continuing to work with John Santos for decades!)2 latest recordings; 'Devotion' and 'The Reckless Search For Beauty'. Intelligent, smokin', superbly recorded Latin Jazz AND....surprise! Recorded in HDCD!