Production / Engineering is Everything! In the 5 years of tweeking the sonic bliss of SACD. I have auditioned in my system, & out of my wallet every inital wonder transport that has been ravingly reviewed. From list prices of $1200 up to $8000, and am now back to using a Sony Scd-333es 5 disc changer for this format. In this time frame I have only kept 1/4 of all Sacd's that I have purchased as most disc's have been a disapointment. So I guess it does have a future, once they stop treating it like pcm. Until then Cd's are getting better everyday, & I have re-embrassed Vinyl to fill the Analog nich Sacd just isn't cutting the mustard on right now w/ no regrets. I haven't abandoned complete hope on Super Audio yet, but haven't found the a player either that sounds just as well on Redbook. Leaving a seperate Box in my system just for super audio to finally fully evolve???