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1 year ago

in The Forgotten Format War: Toshiba’s "DVD-Audio" vs Sony’s "Super Audio CD" on The Far Side of Tech
"Is a war fought if nobody cares?"

I guess audiophiles and surroundophiles rate as "nobody". For those that were there in the trenches, the war was a bloody one. Classical music fanatics (of which I am not one) won that war, because there are TONS of classical SACDs in print right now, both in stereo and surround.

The mass market flocked to portability via compressed audio formats and couldn't give a flying fig about audio quality or surround sound. The rules of the game changed in a big way such that DVD-A and SACD really had no hope to succeed beyond their niche markets.
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