SACD?????

In my opinion (take it for thought, if anything) is that the new formats i,e; sacd, dvd-audio are just another attepmt by
corporate to get your hard earned bucks. Wonder why they're not compatable with CDs? Sony has got the stronghold on sacd, if you havent already noticed, so your title availability is narrow. Theyll release what they want,
when they want, and overcharge you for it. DVD-audio is pretty much along the same lines only with a select few companies sharing the royalties. My suggestion to friends
pondering this very topic is, get yourself a high-end HDCD
player (you may spend a grand, but youll spend that on sacd, or dvd titles, easy), and listen to your CDs for the first time, again!
And with thousands of titles on the HDCD format your choices
are much greater. Best of all, any CD, especially the remasters maybe in 20, or 24 bit, sound fantastic!
Some of your favorite titles will most likely never make it to either format, but, like I said, take it for what its worth (it could be thousands!) check around, do a little research, take a test
drive at your hi-fi dealer, then decide for yourself!
And by the way, I am in no way associated with any company, or business of the like, just an novice audiophile.
GOOD LUCK!

Twinsdad makes a good point.
I bought the Sony 9000ES for 2 reasons...
1-It was a significant step up from my previous CD player
2-My family enjoys watching DVD movies
To be sure, there is better digital playback available, but this all-in-one package will hold me until I can upgrade to Accuphase or the like.

Twinsdad - Can you point me to a list of "thousands" of HDCD titles? I've found a few hundred - perhaps less than SACD.

I also wouldn't bet on HDCD gaining much ground.

People usualy fall into three camps.

1) They don't care about any future titles. They just plain want SACD so they buy it.

2) Since the prices on the Sony ES SACD players are coming down and some folks consider the redbook performance to be 'good enough' they buy the player for redbook and consider the SACD as a free bonus.

3) Stay out of the pool and put the money into non-SACD gear. The thing here is if you decide you want SACD a year from now you'll wind up buying two players.

Nobody knows what will happen. I fell into camp 2 when the price of the C333ES fell below $600.

Good luck in your hunt!

- A

I think the SACD or DVD-audio are already obsoleted !!!! The original redbook CD came to the marktet in the early 80's and are already obsoleted(5 years ago!) according to the so-called "experts". It had been five years(estimate) since the born of SACD or DVD-audio and they are still not gaining ground. Half of the SACD or DVD-audio product life were past already !!!!!! Somethings new will be around the corner very soon !!!!!
If I were you, I will keep my original digital system and use the money to invest on a high quality turntable and forget all the "digital fuss". I guess the old LP will be around for another 50 years........