Why SACD failed

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    For the record: the next big thing would have to be an ultraviolet-ray player (for higher information density) -- just sayin'.

    Green-ray would be a step backwards.

    :)
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    afterburnt wrote: »
    SACD failed because McDonald's is number one.

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    McDonald turntable?



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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    Your gear only becomes obsolete if YOU consider it obsolete. If you just have the latest and greatest, then yes your gear will become obsolete.

    I am only now starting to think of getting a Blu-ray player, the only reason for this is because I now have an updated tv thanks to Mark. If I still had my old tv, I wouldn't even be thinking about it.

    When I do get one it will have to play all of my current media, because I will not be rebuying anything.

    I will not allow marketing to dictate to me what I should have, or when I should have it.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    afterburnt wrote: »
    SACD failed because McDonald's is number one.

    that's seriously brilliant. Are you a sociologist on crack? lol...
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    No, McDonald's is the most popular for the same reason Budweiser is the king of beers. The vast majority of people like carp.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Furthermore it appears that people like compression. What would an SACD be good for if you compress the carp out of the music?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    Cyprinus carpio.

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    Now I'm confused.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Isn't it against the rules to post that sort of carp?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    SACD failed because McDonald's is number one.

    that's seriously brilliant. Are you a sociologist on crack? lol...

    FYI I am a freelance moron.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,796
    All right!!!! Which one of y'all let Bruce into the liquor cabinet again?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    maybe he wuz just snackin' on gefilte fish...?
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    mp3s are the McDonaldization of audio...cheap, fast, convenient, low-quality gratification...
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Sorry I have suffered a relapse. I have been hitting the placebo pipe again.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,690
    Damn, he's on a roll.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Your gear only becomes obsolete if YOU consider it obsolete.

    That's what I always say, as I sit here listening to "The Archies" croon 'Sugar Sugar' on my 8-track tape deck while munching Cheese Puffs.

    ...... in the dark ......... while the cat stares at me ..... menacingly ......

    Sal Palooza
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Mrbigbluelight that's no a cat at all, it's an agent. Unfortunately you and I have run out of time. He's coming for you, and I don't know what he's going to do. I can guide you, but you must do exactly as I say.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    speaking, as we, of course, all were, of cats --

    https://youtu.be/e-CoBWQvkow
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    SACD's have Failed to keep me from buying them :#
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,067
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Your gear only becomes obsolete if YOU consider it obsolete. If you just have the latest and greatest, then yes your gear will become obsolete.

    I am only now starting to think of getting a Blu-ray player, the only reason for this is because I now have an updated tv thanks to Mark. If I still had my old tv, I wouldn't even be thinking about it.

    When I do get one it will have to play all of my current media, because I will not be rebuying anything.

    I will not allow marketing to dictate to me what I should have, or when I should have it.

    I'm calling B.S. on you girlfriend...lol

    If that was indeed the case, you'd still have a tubed tv set and VHS tapes along with cassettes. I do understand the dilemma though, as many others do too. You simply can't afford these days to be switching all your gear at the rate technology keeps changing.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    tonyb wrote: »
    ...

    If that was indeed the case, you'd still have a tubed tv set and VHS tapes along with cassettes...

    Guilty as charged -- although we, sadly, have no operating all tube TV any more :(

    I'd love to have an RCA CTC-16 chassis 21" round CRT color TV -- but that's another subject entirely.

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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,101
    I'm using 1950's Heathkit W-5 mono tube amps in my 2-channel rig, with tubes from before I was born. I'm offended in advance if anyone thinks that's obsolete.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,067
    2-channel is never obsolete, no matter how old. In Ht world though, sometimes your obsolete before you walk out the store.

    But....we 2 channel weirdos are the niche market and the HT crowd is where they are making the money imho.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    don't forget one-channel (mono), too.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,067
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    don't forget one-channel (mono), too.

    Some how I just knew you were going to go there. lol
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    :)


    I know some folks with more invested in mono systems than most folks spend on new cars.

    (that said -- I ain't one of 'em)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,956
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    :)


    I know some folks with more invested in mono systems than most folks spend on new cars.

    (that said -- I ain't one of 'em)

    Ludicrous.....
    Do they sharpen their own nails for the needle?

    Kidding

    To be honest and this is my own opinion
    Some of the mono recordings I have heard that were then remastered to stereo sound so one sided. So in that case I'd take the mono. But I'm very glad they got this new fangled stereo stuff sorta figured out lol
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    The Beatles In Mono is a great CD package.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,690
    Mono is so one dimensional.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,929
    my cerebrum just exploded ;)
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