SACD vs DVD audio vs 24/96..??

I agree with Allie completely. My first SACD was Kind of Blue. Because it's worth it.I would like to start another discussion about which SACD's sound great and which ones to avoid. I think it is really impressive that there are over 100 titles already available considering there are only 2 machines on the market to play them. I remember hearing the same complaining about software availability with DVD and now look what we have! I'm sure it would be beyond wishful thinking that the same order of magnitude could ever hapen with DVDA or SACD But still, check out the new Acoustic Sounds catalog. I started adding up my wish list and went wooah. Can't afford to buy too many turkeys. As for SONY dropping the price of the machine, I'm sure that they are not going to go through all the R&D just to dump the whole thing before it gets off the ground. Remember this is SONY not DIVX. They are one of the largest and most powerful electronics companies in the world. I'm sure they have a well planned strategy. These machines have been on the market a year and It's time to start moving them before they release newer lower price models. I'm sure that even at the list price they were losing money on every machine. They are simply more interested in getting them in the hands of more people to give the format a foothold in the market.

Actually if you count the 2 Sony units there are 4 players on the market. The SCD-1, 777-ES, Marantz and the Accuphase DP100 and DAC. I heard the Accuphase this weekend, it is quite an impressive unit, as it should be for the combination price of 26,500.00. I will stick with my SCD-1 and use the other $21k for a down payment on my next home. Regards, Mike

There is no reason why they both can't survive. We've seen it with SBM vs. HDCD vs. XRCD vs. MoFi gold CD's. Each have their strengths. My only problem is the mutually exclusive formats. They really should figure out a way to incorporate DSD (not SACD, but the underlying digital representation) into DVD-Audio, then have the player be able to play both. The cheaper ones will probably use PCM DAC's, and convert the DSD to the equivalent PCM, the higher end ones will have separate DAC's and figure out which one to use, and the highest end ones might even have separate outs.

I don't want any junk DVD-A capabilities with my SACD player. Only an idiot would want another inferior capability (it already plays CDs).

if you think audio dvd and sacd are going to be offered side-by-side on japanese players, you just don't understand the politics. ain't gonna happen.