Post by zeus May 3, 2006 (1 of 1518)
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Somebody earlier asked how many SA-CD players there were but I couldn't find the original query:
"News from Sony indicates that there is global installed base of more than 13 million Super Audio CD players, with in excess of 180 models currently available from 37 manufacturers covering every application from entry-level stereo players to high-end multi-channel audiophile systems. The number of manufacturers seeking licenses and the number of models available continues an upward year-on-year trend." - Super Audio CD News
Support for SA-CD is still on track for the PS3 later this year which should boost numbers considerably.
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Post by eesau May 3, 2006 (2 of 1518)
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Hi,
few years ago Sony decided to put SACD to almost every DVD-player they had. The idea was to create a large customer base for SACD i.e. bringing SACD to the masses. Obviously, the mass market DVD-players are a very cost oriented and Sony could not get higher price from the SACD/DVD players -> they soon decided to forget SACD from all mass market products because SACD did not have any appeal in this market segment.
The number of SACD lisencees has grown e.g. because the "high end" Chinese stereo tube-amplified SACD players have arrived.
Majority of SACD lisencees are small companies very much in the same way as SACD record companies are quite small companies. The nische market applies for both the players and the SACDs.
Esa
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Hi,
They are SACD compatible players manufacturers:
Accoustic Arts
Accuphase
Agile
Arcam
Audionet
Ayre
Bel Canto
Bladelius
Cambridge Audio
Cayin
Conrad-Johnson
CyberHome
Denon
EAD
Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten)
Goldmund
Halcro
Harman/Kardon
Immersive
Integra
JungSon
Krell
Lector
Lexicon
Linn
Luxman
Marantz
MBL
McCormack
McIntosh
Mitsubishi
MSB Technology
Muse
Music Hall
Musical Fidelity
NAD
Onkyo
Parasound
Philips
Pioneer
Primare
Samsung
Scitec
Shanling
Sharp
Sherwood
Sigmatek
Sony
T+A
TAW
Teac
Theta Digital
Toshiba
Townshend
Woxter
Yamaha
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Post by brenda May 3, 2006 (4 of 1518)
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eesau said: Majority of SACD lisencees are small companies
eesau, do you mean small like Arcam, Cambridge, Harman/Kardon, Krell, Linn, Luxman, Musical Fidelity and NAD etc? Or small like Denon, Marantz, Mitsubishi, Onkyo, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sherwood, Sony, Teac, Toshiba and Yamaha, - all of whom produce SACD players? Brenda
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Post by Beagle May 3, 2006 (5 of 1518)
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MBL's shiny black 1622 is a real cute machine, but not as cute as their ... whatever it is!
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"SACD is not dead... MBL is careful to find the proper balance of component quality, along with sheer musicality that is the trademark of MBL products, and this often happens several years after a technologies’ introduction...we’ve waited on the sidelines of the higher bandwidth format wars, always exploring, always researching, always listening and have finally found a combination that is worthy of the mbl Reference badge: our new mbl 1622 SACD transport, which will deliver on the promise of SACD/DSD, providing unparalleled quality, nuance, dynamic range...SACD lives; it is strong; it is beautiful; it is the mbl SACD Reference Transport 1622."
http://www.mbl-germany.de/english/news_english.html
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Post by Peter May 4, 2006 (7 of 1518)
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Wow! What a looker! Is it stereo or MC?
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Peter said:
Wow! What a looker! Is it stereo or MC?
I believe it is stereo.
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Post by zeus May 4, 2006 (9 of 1518)
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Peter said:
Wow! What a looker! Is it stereo or MC?
Neither ... or both. The accompanying DAC is scheduled for release in 2012 (just kidding).
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Post by raffells May 4, 2006 (10 of 1518)
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Beagle said:
MBL's shiny black 1622 is a real cute machine, but not as cute as their ... whatever it is!
Isnt this the Popes personalized speaker system?
just guessing..Seemed familiar....D
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