I bought my first SACD player (Sony 333) recently and have acquired about 10 SACD's. I have about 500 redbook CD's. The SACD's sound great...imho...about %40 better than redbook. So, I will enjoy what I can get out of SACD, and keep upgrading my CD player to get the most out of my rebooks. If SACD eventually goes belly up.....I don't much care........It will not change the fact that the SACD's I own sound really good and I should be able to enjoy them even if the format dies.
I do think that the current battle over formats sucks, since there are obvioulsy improvements to be made to the CD.....but my inexpensive investment in a SACD player has been worth it, even if in the end I end up with only 20-30 outstanding sounding new pieces of music. I agree with those whose say, in the end, it is all about enjoying the music.
I do think that the current battle over formats sucks, since there are obvioulsy improvements to be made to the CD.....but my inexpensive investment in a SACD player has been worth it, even if in the end I end up with only 20-30 outstanding sounding new pieces of music. I agree with those whose say, in the end, it is all about enjoying the music.