Another sign SACD is dying


I went to Best Buy to purchase some SACDs and after searching for the special section containing sacds and xrcds without success, I asked the salesman where they were. He informed me that they were all removed since dual disc is now the rage. WOW!
jmslaw

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Jadem6, your post appears to be based upon what you own rather than facts. That's OK, as long as you recognize it.

"If vinyl, SACD, DVD-A die, we audiophiles will die too."

Says whom? Formats come and go. Minidisc and Elcaset are two. The death of vinyl has been greatly exaggerated (apologies to Mark Twain), but SACD and DVD-A are less certain. Redbook is here to stay even though sales have slowed a bit.

Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct and others offer most SACDs available, but you don't read about what they can't get. Did you know Sony cancelled their music SACDs several months ago?

I am strongly committed to sound quality and long term music satisfaction. It's not cut and dried the way one might think as far as formats are concerned, and if you think it is, you are missing out.
Treyhoss, my information came from a friend who works for a large retailer of recorded music.

Jadem6, why the caustic remarks? Clearly you did not understand my post. You are guessing badly. Whatever. I'm going back to listening to music.