Paul.S

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

Thanks, Christopher.

Part of the joy of new formats is that they hopefully motivate music fans to check out artists whose work they might not have otherwise gotten exposed to. Rather than continuing to kvetch here about what's supposedly not available on SACD, I'd hope that music fans would check out more of what is, often in terrific multichannel presentations. Otherwise, it certainly seems like one is going to have to write to the artists' management or stick with CDs for those MIA-on-SACD artists, since they are apparently not interested in high rez presentation of their work.

All that Peter Gabriel and John Hiatt's Master Of Disaster on SACD didn't happen because of Sony or even PG's or JH's label: it happened because the artist championed the format/high rez.

I also question the notion that 'if you build it, the market will come.' Some people just don't care about high rez audio, and--messy though it may be--I would tend to surmise that a greater number of people with such feelings listen to Kelly Clarkson than jazz/classical, which has a history of audiophile pretensions.

In any event, the presence of J Lo on DualDisc and SACD did not make those formats explode, nor has the greater amount of rock/pop on DVD-A had such an affect on that format.

Lee Scoggins

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

"Part of the joy of new formats is that they hopefully motivate music fans to check out artists whose work they might not have otherwise gotten exposed to."

This happened to me recently as I really enjoyed the Nick Drake: A Treasury SACD.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

Lee Scoggins

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

"There must be over 3,500 SACD titles including hundreds by popular artists in addition to all of the classical, jazz, and country titles."

3,893 titles accroding to http://www.sa-cd.net/

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

JediFonger

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

you're just making my point more clear. kids today may d/l a few big hit singles here and there from the artists you listed... but they're still going to be big britney spear/boy band album buyers. yeah i know, spears has 1 out for DVD-Audio and Celine Dion has her greatest hits on it as well... but 1 title (like J. Lo) here and there is not going to be a catalyst for the format. CD titles still dwarf SACD&DVDA's. doesn't mean i won't venture into new music (like Dire Straits recently), but the reality of the market is such that you'll need entire catalogs to be in SACD before the format takes off. heck, just throwing most of beatles stuff on SACD should be enough to kickstart it into the '2nd gear'.

PS the big thing is also to entice artists. if artists get in on it, with a format like SACD, consumers wouldn't even know if they bought a SACD because it still plays in their CD players =). you'll need one of these releases where it's SACD hybrid ONLY to sucker the mass in.

to the edge of eternity and depth of infinity, stupidity knows no bound.

Paul.S

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

Yi: I'm not making any point other than my own. And why are you still talking about SACD 'taking off'? Not gonna happen. Beatles on SACD? Not gonna happen.

dany

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

Except for Sony of course, most any major brand DVD player ,if it only has one format,its DVD-A,not SACD. Must be a reason.

Get In My Belly.

Lee Scoggins

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

"Must be a reason."

Because DVDA was designed for most DVD players. But there are far fewer titles in DVDA (even with DualDisc thrown in for an unfair fight). I don't see much about DualDisc anymore.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

dany

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

1388 hybrid multichannel sacd
494 hybrid stereo
13 hybrid mono
95 single layer multichannel
191 single layer stereo
6 Hybrid

So ya think joe blow is going to just walk in and know ANY of this or say f$^k this,i'm just getting a reg cd. Its no wonder SACD is dead in the water.

Get In My Belly.

JediFonger

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

anyone know how many CD's there are in the circulation currently? 1 million? more?

to the edge of eternity and depth of infinity, stupidity knows no bound.

dany

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

Many,many Millions.

Get In My Belly.

Lee Scoggins

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

Well that's no analysis. Of course there are tons of CDs out there. Format has been around for almost 30 years. Doesn't mean they sound good.

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway

Chris Gerhard

Re: Is Sony Abandoning SACD?

There are many hundreds of millions of commercial CD's in this country. Worldwide, surely over a billion. Not sure what you are asking.

Chris