DVD/SACD on the Verge?

Madisonears, why were you so hyped on CD when they first came out? The early CDs & players sounded dreadful! SACD & DVD Audio are only as good as the rest of your system. If someone is to own a $500 Sony receiver and some JBL mini monitors what's the point? IMHO if everything else is up to the task and the material was recorded in DSD then SACD has a chance of being the highest fidelity format yet. Until then, my Classic Records "Kind of Blue" and "Time Out" still smoke their SACD versions.

Thanks all... I think I'll wait until May.

I don't agree that an SACD player will greatly improve the sound of redbook. I've read many reviews that claim there is no real improvement.It all depends on the quality of the electronics. As usual, there is no shortage of seemingly irreconcilable observations.