That aside, does anyone think that another manufacturer will pick up the SACD ball and run with it. Like Sony perhaps, since they introduced it in the first place?
@theo No way. SACD drives is a tiny niche market and not worth their time/investment from a business perspective. The profitability and growth of Sony is based primarily on gaming, networking, and financial services so diverting capital away from those areas for something like SACD drives is highly unlikely to be on their radar — or any other large manufacturer’s radar for that matter. Marantz dropping it is testimony that this is just not a viable or sustainable product.