SACD Going Mainstream?

The list price for sony sacd's has been lowered to 19.98 and is rumoured to keep falling,and have a lot more titles available.

From Las Vegas CES 2001 a list of SACD manufacturers can be found at:
http://gallery.consumerreview.com/audio/gallery/files/dscn0100(1).asp

Apex has announced a $299 SACD, DVD-A, HDCD player to be out this summer. I'll hold my judgment until I hear and touch one.

Philips, Sony's SACD partner, should be releasing more SACD players. There's only one Philips player right now. Philips tends to sell well in the bargain price range.

Sharp is selling a SACD player in Japan. I suspect lower priced SACD models from Sharp are coming--but I've not seen any announcements.

Pioneer sells one SACD model. I bet we'll see many more before Christmas.

Does anyone know how many SACD titles (approx.) are presently available? Thanks. Craig.

Hi Craig, I know at CES in January there were 235 titles. I've seen a ton this past month and more with projected release dates. The good news is it's not just reissue, there is alot from the high end studios too.