What happened with the SACD format?

What happened to SACD? I don't think enough consumers cared about them for the big players to continue interest. They have become a niche market. One can argue about the superiority of the the format over CD all day, doesn't matter.

Sound quality and the things audiophiles care about has nothing to do with it. Manufacturers weren't making enough money to make them worth their while. Simple as that, economics; just business. Not enough numbers, maybe not enough margin?

Hypothetically, if SACD sales numbers were to suddenly skyrocket (which is highly improbable) those major players 'might' sit up and take notice. In other words, if there were money to be made. But I think that ship has already sailed.

Did you not check other threads about "SACD dying" before posting this one?

It's not markettable anymore neither the players too.

i buy them regularly and imo they are fantasic. the real issue is how well the music was recorded and i think many miss this point. a normal cd when well recorded is better than a badly done sacd. i have no trouble finding all sorts of offerings. of course they are a niche but niche markets do survive.

I never had even one SACD which sounded close to vinyl. None of them were able to create an illusion to be part of a live recording. Most of them are lifeless and boring....
The best CD's - by far - are theXRCD24 from JVC Japan. With an intelligent digital design, EMMLabs for example, you are indeed very close to the real thing. Anything else is still the same wot like the last 20 years ...