Folk ønsker å kunne kopiere musikken sin over på andre formater - det kan du ikke med SACD (dvs. man kan ha spillere som konverterer(som Oppos), men det syns nok de fleste er for tungvint.)
Så Gjestemedlem har et poeng der.
Fra Audio News for 10. august -
http://www.audaud.com/article.php?ArticleID=7770:
Video Music Moving to Blu-ray - Sales of music on DVD have slowed down recently, but its moving to the Blu-ray format, with greatly improved picture and the highest surround sound audio resolution yet. As of last month 182 Blu-ray music titles have been released - all with lossless surround audio and full 1080 picture. One authority opined that audiophiles had expected SACD to take off more than it did, so they could enjoy their favorite recordings in the highest audio resolution, but that didnt happen. Blu-ray music titles fit the niche nicely. One dealer uses music Blu-rays instead of movies as demo discs for those who need convincing about Blu-ray. Naxos president Klaus Heymann says Blu-ray fills a niche for music, and has begun to release some Blu-ray audio-only titles without the video portion. The president of Eagle Rock Entertainment, Mike Carden, said however that the drawback about music video Blu-rays (they have released 50 titles to date) is that retailers are convinced their customers want only new theatrical movies on hi-def, and treat the music category as inferior - not stocking them or lowering their prices so far that the producers fail to profit from them. (In spite of all this promotion of Blu-ray for music, more music came out on SACD releases the first six months of this year than on Blu-ray: 296 SACD titles! And so far audio-only (Pure-Audio) Blu-ray sales have been infinitesmal...Ed.)
Ellers har man slike underfundigheter som dette:
Audible differences compared to PCM/CD
In the audiophile community, the sound from the SACD format is thought to be significantly better compared to older format Red Book CD recordings.[39] However, In September 2007, the Audio Engineering Society published the results of a year-long trial in which a range of subjects including professional recording engineers were asked to discern the difference between SACD and compact disc audio (44.1kHz/16 bit) under double blind test conditions. Out of 554 trials, there were 276 correct answers, a 49.8% success rate corresponding almost exactly to the 50% that would have been expected by chance guessing alone.[40] The authors suggested that different mixes for the two formats might be causing perceived differences, and commented:
Now, it is very difficult to use negative results to prove the inaudibility of any given phenomenon or process. There is always the remote possibility that a different system or more finely attuned pair of ears would reveal a difference. But we have gathered enough data, using sufficiently varied and capable systems and listeners, to state that the burden of proof has now shifted. Further claims that careful 16/44.1 encoding audibly degrades high resolution signals must be supported by properly controlled double-blind tests.[41][42]
This conclusion is contentious among a large segment of audio engineers who work with high resolution material and many within the audiophile community.[43] Some have questioned the basic methodology and the equipment used in the AES study.[44]
