SACD

[Weltall]

I just got to hear the SACD version of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". And I have to say it sounded incredible (especially the beginning to "Money"). But I'm confused by the format itself: Why make a new format for surround sound music? SACDs cannot play on CD players, and most DVD players, you basically need yet another console to actually play the suckers. Why did they bother in the first place, when DVD-Audio can do everything SACD can do with the added advantage of it being compatible with hardware that is extremely common, inexpensive and already well-established?

[Dark Jaguar]

That is indeed a good question. The answer is that this will likely fail miserably :D. Can this format be played with the right software on my PC? I assume yes. Is that how you played it, or did you too have to get some special hardware to play it? I myself will stick with CD until DVD-Audio really takes hold for it's surrounditude, then go to that. No reason to make new formats after that for some time I think.

[Weltall]

No, I heard it as a demo at Circuit City. SACD players are in the $300 range :(