SHMCD : Second thought on buying SACD player

SHM-CD is still 16bit CD format we know since 1982 that will play on your old CD player...it's just clearer plastic used on CD :] even remasters are the same remasters that are already available on the market.

in Decemember Sony will release Blu-spec CD which will compete with SHM-CD on this lucrative audio voodoo red book market :)

SACD is totally different story, no audio voodoo just higher quality (resolution) audio format

Kijanki,

I don't think that 24/96 downloads will ever become popular, people are happy with mp3s and hi-res files are 1,5GB, it will be a niche just like SA-CD and since the price of a hi-rez download is equal to physical SACD, I prefer physical SACD ...

PS SMH-CD is still low resolution CD

currently there are more SACD's than 24/96 albums and 24/96 doesn't sound better than DSD, actually DSD sounds more musical to my ears and I like it more than PCM. There are almost 6000 SACD titles to chose from and about 50 24/96 titles do download, and prices of downloaded files are the same as SACD discs :( I prefer real SACD disc with cover and 30 pages booklet than a file for the same price...

PS when do you think that 24/96 PCM downloads will be more available than SACD? in 5 years, in 10 years? I wouldn't wait for that...

I doubt there will be demand for hi-rez, in SACD you have mostly jazz and classical releases

hi-rez downloads of pop music don't make any sense, people won't hear any difference between normal and hi-rez Britney Spears and will soon go back to mp3s