soundboy
Headphoneus Supremus
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I have yet to purchase any single-layer SACD* yet. All of my SACD purchases have been hybrids.
I just can't picture people buying a hybrid SACD if they don't already have a SACD player. Most of the time when I stand in front of the SACD/DVD-A section of my local Best Buy or Tower Records, I am there alone. Almost everyone stay clear of that section of the store.
As for prices, there are times when the hybrid SACD version is actually cheaper than the regular CD. I purchased my hybrid SACD of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" for $13.99 at Tower while the regular CD version was going for $18.99. And the premium for the hybrid version isn't really that high, usually a dollar or two higher for the hybrid. And George Harrison's "Live In Japan" 2 disc hybrid SACD set for $13.99 at Best Buy is down right a steal!! (and I got mine for only $9.99)
I did start with a DVD-A player, the Panasonic RA-60. However, when titles I wanted started coming out on SACD, I switched teams. Rumor has it that Sony is readying a big push for SACD in terms of new hybrid SACD releases from a major artist on its roster....Springsteen? Billy Joel? Michael Jackson?
Waiting for Toshiba to come out with its universal changer.
* I did purchase a number of Hong Kong pop single-layer SACDs on HK Warner Music (yes, Warner Music) and HK Sony, but these were packaged with a CD of the same music. You can see the Warner titles on sa-cd.net.
I just can't picture people buying a hybrid SACD if they don't already have a SACD player. Most of the time when I stand in front of the SACD/DVD-A section of my local Best Buy or Tower Records, I am there alone. Almost everyone stay clear of that section of the store.
As for prices, there are times when the hybrid SACD version is actually cheaper than the regular CD. I purchased my hybrid SACD of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" for $13.99 at Tower while the regular CD version was going for $18.99. And the premium for the hybrid version isn't really that high, usually a dollar or two higher for the hybrid. And George Harrison's "Live In Japan" 2 disc hybrid SACD set for $13.99 at Best Buy is down right a steal!! (and I got mine for only $9.99)
I did start with a DVD-A player, the Panasonic RA-60. However, when titles I wanted started coming out on SACD, I switched teams. Rumor has it that Sony is readying a big push for SACD in terms of new hybrid SACD releases from a major artist on its roster....Springsteen? Billy Joel? Michael Jackson?
Waiting for Toshiba to come out with its universal changer.
* I did purchase a number of Hong Kong pop single-layer SACDs on HK Warner Music (yes, Warner Music) and HK Sony, but these were packaged with a CD of the same music. You can see the Warner titles on sa-cd.net.