Let's be clear. Things haven't "come to an end".
As I noted earlier, there is another Multichannel SACD title already in the pipeline from Audio Fidelity.
With the occasional Multichannel SACD to follow down the line.
What has changed is the number and pace of Multichannel SACD releases from AF.
Ok, so can we agree that AF's surround programme as we knew it has come to an end, then?
I mean, we were pretty much getting 2 new Surround titles a month from AF (amazingly!) but from what's being said that's not going to be the case anymore.. the AF surround release flow rate we'd become accustomed to (taken for granted maybe even?) is over.. is that a fair assessment?
I do find it kinda sad but it's business and I respect AF's business decision to scale the surround operation back if it's not stacking up for them financially, even if I'm personally down about it.
I still feel (no expert but it's my personal opinion, hope I'm at liberty to express it without upsetting anyone! ) that if AF could pull a few bigger name titles/artists out of the bag and do Quads of things like Aerosmith's Rocks, Edgar Winter's They Only Come Out At Night, The Eagles, Doobies Quads, some Santana Quad albums that MFSL hasn't SACD-Quadblocked yet (live w/Buddy Miles? Festival? Amigos? Borboletta?) that kind of thing, they would have some healthy sales and perhaps go some way to maybe compensate for losses they may have incurred on the poorer selling titles?
Of course AF may well have tried to secure licensing for Aerosmith, Edgar Winter, Santana, etc and been unsuccessful in which case I commiserate them but thank them for trying.
Ah I dunno, it's just sad cos it felt like AF were building on the great work they'd already done and there was some momentum to their surround releases and now we learn they're paring it back.. I'm still hopeful they will surprise us and it seems there's an announcement kinda imminent that will tick the boxes and rock our socks! Bring it on! :banana: