Well, I can understand why someone would want older technology that doesn't incorporate newer technology, but not vice versa.
There is a very limited range of albums available on SACD, but a large amount of audio devices that run off analog input.
Who knows - I'm sure he had his reasons, maybe he knew that SACDs were all classic albums and wanted to educate himself without risking buying a non-classic lol.
Anyhoo thanks for the help dudes! There's some good suggestions in this thread.