Should Audio Fidelity Issue Multichannel BD Audio Discs?

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Would I pay extra for an Audio Fidelity Surround SACD?

Not if they were intentionally inflating the price of an edition with the surround program vs. a stereo-only version. I'm not a fan of this. It results in albums never getting the surround mix released and/or most people never hearing the surround mix more often than not.

Maybe if everyone stopped supporting that it would stop?

Easy to get on a soapbox with that. At the same time it feels like supporting any surround release in any format might be wise to encourage things. Tough decision sometimes.

-1 for DSD (SACD format) though. I invested in nice PCM DA converters. I will not be spending a couple grand on a sideways move to DSD thank you very much. So I convert them to PCM. No complaints about the HD sound - it's perfect. Just a PITA format that never had any reason to exist is all.

More FLAC downloads please! :)
 
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