HDCD VS SACD

Kijanski wrote: "Stereophile also said that SACD is dead in editorial column few months ago. They said that most of new Blu-Ray players don't even support SACD. I know that some support it but not sure what percentage. "

And you believe them? :-) All the BR players I've fooled with lately have SACD and Sony, remarkably, just announced a few new ones.

Kal

One additional point. Even though SACD is fading, there are many more recordings available now and still being released than there were on HDCD.

Kal

Current audio player: XA5400ES
New BR players: BDP-S470 and BDP-S570
Also HTIBs: BDV-E770W and BDV-E570

Kal

Am I sure of what? That there are few HDCD discs and that there are none being issued these days? Yup. There never were many but I do not have a count. In my own collection, they probably number a few dozen. OTOH, I have thousands of SACDs and I am acquiring more each week. In fact, I have disposed of many more SACDs than I have ever had of HDCDs.

As far as I care, HDCD has become irrelevant, unfortunately.

Kal