Petition to save SACD

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited April 2007 in Music & Movies
Here it is....currently 207 signatures

http://www.petitiononline.com/SACD/petition.html
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2005
    217.
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  • maggiefan
    maggiefan Posts: 223
    edited March 2005
    244 now. Hope it helps.
    Larry
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  • Whadyasay
    Whadyasay Posts: 300
    edited March 2005
    247
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited March 2005
    I think it will take many thousands more...like in sales....but you have my signature too.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2005
    is SACD in peril?

    wow, lucky i didnt buy one yet :D

    but seriously, are they just not selling?, a new technology i dont know about perhaps?
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  • Whadyasay
    Whadyasay Posts: 300
    edited March 2005
    Well...it's nothing compared to CD sales, even though the SACD's are priced the same. I don't think there's enough mass interest in high-resolution audio to justify the costs of the labels releasing new formats at a similar price per unit, much less more. I love SACD's, especially jazz releases, but people who are this into this stuff make up a microscopic part of mass consumers. If anything, people want things smaller and easier...hence the popularity of MP3's and the I-Pod. Vinyl still sounds better than CD, but it's a specialy item at best these days.

    I really hope SACD stays around. If not, then hopefully I'll be able to get a whole bunch of remaining stock for really cheap.

    There's an addage that goes something like : People generally don't like to listen to music....they just like the way it sounds.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited March 2005
    Yep I signed.. but think this will actually make a difference? I mean so now the companies know they have 300 or so people willing to buy their product. I'm not sure about petitions but I suppose if it has a chance of saving something awesome it's worth a shot. (although I might be a bit of a hypocrite since I only own 1 sacd and a normal dvd player :( but I'm still workin to get to that quality of a system)
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2005
    Just got done talking to a Sony rep who says Sony will not be getting rid of SACD anytime soon, even with the release of Blu-Ray. Interesting...
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • Shell
    Shell Posts: 134
    edited April 2005
    294 sigs now. Will blue ray offer a music format?
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited April 2005
    According to the guy I talked to today/yesterday, no. It's only going to be for movies and they WANT to keep SACD alive. :D
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2005
    Here's an interesting read on Audiophile Audition ...."SACD is Dying....or Not?"

    http://www.audaud.com/audaud/APR05/feature/feature.html

    Summary: Sony is not dropping SACD.

    The article mentioned 3,500 SACD released worldwide....yet there's only 2,931 (the current count at sa-cd.net) listed . I know of at least 15-20 currently available SACD titles that are not listed at sa-cd.net (such as the stereo only version of Carole King's "Tapestry"), but another 500 unlisted titles?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited April 2005
    Good read. I do wish they would release more rock and blues SACD's though.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited April 2005
    408 ...
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited April 2005
    465.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2005
    Ive read that their reasoning is most people dont listen to music at home for long periods anymore. Their either watching TV, movies or playing video games.

    Im afraid this is true of me as well. I listen to more music than the average guy but I would say the vast majority of my time is watching the tube or playing games.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited April 2005
    If they don't make copies of red book onto sacd's to make the fancy lights turn on my uninversal player I might not be so paranoid.

    1/4twin

    I'm no voting yet but will watch the link
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2006
    Time to revive the petition....

    Picked up almost 100 new signatures since this past Monday....currently at 745 (as of this post).

    http://www.petitiononline.com/SACD/
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  • Zen Dragon
    Zen Dragon Posts: 501
    edited May 2006
    I'm on board. 752
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2006
    I'm on it788
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  • crazy
    crazy Posts: 443
    edited May 2006
    I've signed - 797 and counting ... who views this??? Not the record label executives I bet.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2006
    number 791......
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  • Sthrndream
    Sthrndream Posts: 70
    edited May 2006
    #800 here


    woohoo:D
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited May 2006
    802 now.

    what a great cause!

    (edit) oops. an older thread and i signed it before. oh well, i'll sign it again tomorrow. =)
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  • masanz1
    masanz1 Posts: 511
    edited May 2006
    807 and counting
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2006
    I contacted one of audioasylum's "regulars", Teresa, and she agreed to have the petition linked to her hirezstereo.com website. It's also listed in the website's SACD section.

    Currently at 837 signatures.
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  • Nelson57
    Nelson57 Posts: 190
    edited May 2006
    I'm number 845. Sorry, thats 854.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited May 2006
    Done deal...signed # 881 . ;)
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2006
    Signatures are up to 891, including the columnist who writes the article "HD Listening" for the magazine HDTV.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited May 2006
    893. even though I don't have a sacd player but plan to...
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  • Kurtster
    Kurtster Posts: 4
    edited May 2006
    I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here but I think I'm the only one who thinks this is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

    The concept of multi-channel surround music is exciting to me, but SACD and DVD-Audio are both DOA IMO. They aren't selling well and they're overpriced. Again, I dig DTS Audio CDs, but I don't see this stuff going anywhere, petition or not. I can't get half the bands I like in any discrete multi-channel format.

    What's worse for me (as far as the notion of saving SACD), is that I prefer the very natural sounding upmix of SRS Circle Surround II decoding in Music Mode to just about anything else. It places lead vocals squarely in my center speaker, and creates a great surround mix on-the-fly. With as good as CSII sounds, I don't lose any sleep over the fact that the music wasn't sent to some overpaid engineer to be re-done from scratch so he can brag about it at a surround show. When they re-mix from the masters for discrete surround, I think many of these discs sound artistically too different from the original material and for me, that can take away from the experience.

    Besides all that, I think the consumer masses are generally happy enough with CDs that they have no desire to upgrade their collections. Maybe telling them back in 1985 that CDs sound as good as the original recordings wasn't such a good plan after all? :-)

    Good luck with the petition though. As long as it is something you enjoy, you deserve a shot at saving it.
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