ElevSkyMovie
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2003
- Messages
- 575
- Real Name
- Kyle
Lee can paint his rainbow pictures everywhere about how the average consumer just has to "hear the SACD difference". Well, guess what, they can't hear a difference between MP3 and cd, they aren't going to hear a difference between cd and SACD/dvd-audio.
Here is what people want most: convenience. Mp3 is that. A person can take all their albums with them on the iPod. That's what they want. Does it sound good? I suspect 90 percent of the people who buy mp3 players wouldn't be able to hear the difference in an mp3 track and the cd in an a/b test. So why won't SACD/dvd-audio fly? Same reason LP's went away, they sound better, but are less convenient. Will some people be brought in by surround? Maybe a small percentage, but very few people sit and listen to music and do nothing else. Music is background, so I don't think surround music will ever pull in very many JSP.
Can record labels make money re-releasing this stuff? Yes, especially if all they do is a high-rez stereo mix. How hard/expensive is that? Not very.
If anyone thinks either of these formats will ever be huge, you're crazy. (No offense, Lee ) We just have to carry on and hope for more titles.
Here is what people want most: convenience. Mp3 is that. A person can take all their albums with them on the iPod. That's what they want. Does it sound good? I suspect 90 percent of the people who buy mp3 players wouldn't be able to hear the difference in an mp3 track and the cd in an a/b test. So why won't SACD/dvd-audio fly? Same reason LP's went away, they sound better, but are less convenient. Will some people be brought in by surround? Maybe a small percentage, but very few people sit and listen to music and do nothing else. Music is background, so I don't think surround music will ever pull in very many JSP.
Can record labels make money re-releasing this stuff? Yes, especially if all they do is a high-rez stereo mix. How hard/expensive is that? Not very.
If anyone thinks either of these formats will ever be huge, you're crazy. (No offense, Lee ) We just have to carry on and hope for more titles.