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05-05-2004, 03:46 PM
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Here's a story hot off the presses as it were:
www.sa-cd.net/shownews.php?news=21
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Jos Bruins, Director of Marketing, new formats, at Philips explains: "As a new format is born, the music industry expects the first albums released to be stimulated, guided and well supported until they reach a level where the market has enough choice and generates its own momentum. ... with well over 20 million discs now sold, SA-CD is clearly the preferred choice. "
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I wonder how he did the numbers on this one.
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To meet increasing demand, the disc manufacturers have tooled up to triple the amount of production capacity for SA-CD – with levels set to reach a minimum of 75 million by the end of 2004.
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I presume this means factories capable of 75 million disks per year, not that they actually will press 75 million disks this year.
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05-05-2004, 03:59 PM
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I once heard HDCD had sold a couple hundred million, and that was many years ago...they could be over billion now as far as I know. It is obvious what the real 'preferred choice' is. 
I bought 10 more SACDs two weeks ago (more Dylan discs since they are being taken out of print). I like SACD a lot but I know spin doctoring when I hear it.
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05-05-2004, 04:08 PM
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To Everything (Spin, Spin, Spin).
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05-05-2004, 05:25 PM
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I presume this means factories capable of 75 million disks per year, not that they actually will press 75 million disks this year.
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I think that's right, but I doubt investors would add capacity if there were no demand for it.
Thanks Dennis for the news story. Also of note are some stories where several different sources track new titles coming out at over 100 per month. That's pretty good considering you have a lot of boutique labels that are not exactly the production machines like Universal. I was tempted to use Sony or Warner as an example but changed my mind.
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05-05-2004, 05:50 PM
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I wonder how he did the number on this one
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Most probably just counted every hybrid as an SACD sale. Add the Stones, Dylan, Pink Floyd, etc., and it is likely what he is saying. Some newspaper ran a story that Sting's last album sold 650k SACDs (at that point in time). They did not mention the album was available on both regular CD as well as a hybrid. I doubt 650k hybrids were pressed. |
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05-06-2004, 12:41 AM
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in 5 years of SACD, 20 million, worldwide, isn't really all that good IMO.
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05-06-2004, 04:00 AM
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20 million is a luke-warm number to me.
It's not bad but it could be much better if marketing and title support got bumped up.
It seems to me that there is a lot of interest in sacd, but the keg hasn't been tapped, so to speak.
Anybody know how many sacd players have been sold in 5 years?
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05-06-2004, 05:48 AM
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20 million is a luke-warm number to me.
It's not bad but it could be much better if marketing and title support got bumped up.
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The fact that the figure includes hybrid disc sales (which most people purchased for the CD layer), 20 million is a terribly low number for a format that's been out for 5 years. |
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05-06-2004, 07:58 AM
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[CNN...In a recently reported news story, the New York Times has been learned that all 20 million SACD's, along with vintage Sony and Marantz SACD players that show a propensity for breaking down have been purchased by one individual who is selling them from his chain of high end audio emporiums. Identified only as Bob he is quoted as saying, "If you don't hear the difference, I will roast your intestines in Hell". Jason Blair, who conducted the interview, assured everyone that there was indeed a difference"]
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05-06-2004, 11:04 AM
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So Bob is yet another of your aliases, eh Chu? The beret lends a nice touch! 
Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.
I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.
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05-06-2004, 03:39 PM
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20 million is a terribly low number for a format that's been out for 5 years
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I don't think its bad for a niche product mostly marketed to audiophiles.
I wonder how many DCC or MoFi discs sold during their run...
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05-06-2004, 04:01 PM
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