| Not wanting to get into a "is SACD dead " discussion i am still surprised when people say stuff and it may not entirely be true , a lot of audiophile companies are either crazy to have invested so much time and money in DSD/SACD or they know something we don't, just because the major labels may not have picked up SACD and the lesser Audiophile labels has does not mean it's dead or dying, it may end up being a niche product.
October this year SACD tiles reached 4000 (i think it was a chesky product ) it may not seem significant but when you think that last year around this same time the number was 3000 . It took a number of years for it to reach 3000 and in the space of 1 year it rose to 4000, i don't know if it means that things are starting to pick up or it may mean nothing at all.
China has taken an interest in DSD/SACD and you know that China has a huge market, will it be enough to save SACD i don't know, but the fact that Channel classics of the netherlands is doing work there and Pyramix has sold a couple of DSD work stations may mean it has potential.
Even if SACD dies i believe that there is sufficient interest in DSD to make it progress, DSD seems to make better red book CD's.
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