I don't really like special packaging. I don't even like those silly slipcases AF uses.
Audio Fidelity... SACD... discs.. displayed with others at a music store...
Are there stores with SACDs? Are they just in Chicago, LA, or New York?
I prefer standard SACD cases too. They have a nicer feel than CD cases, and so many DVD-A cases have different shapes and sizes. Although, I have bought into DVDA for the car system and would prefer everything to be on that format.
Audio Fidelity... SACD... discs.. displayed with others at a music store...
Are there stores with SACDs? Are they just in Chicago, LA, or New York?
I prefer standard SACD cases too. They have a nicer feel than CD cases, and so many DVD-A cases have different shapes and sizes. Although, I have bought into DVDA for the car system and would prefer everything to be on that format.
As it is, my guess is that it's already really expensive to manufacture (licenses, etc.)...hence the $30 USD list price...
I LOVE the AF slip covers. They make me feel special. @:
As it is, my guess is that it's already really expensive to manufacture (licenses, etc.)...hence the $30 USD list price...
The $30 list price covers the guarantee payments to the record label and recording artist (Audio Fidelity has to pay that amount regardless of whether the album sells well or not), cost for transfers from the tapes to SACD, art work, manufacture of the SACDs by the record label (Audio Fidelity buys the finished SACDs from the record labels as part of the licensing agreement), marketing, distribution, etc.
So manufacturing is in there - but there are a number of other expenses that must be covered as well in the price.
Today some listeners are paying $40 to $65 for albums on Stereo LP and up to $895 for an album on Stereo Analog Tape.
In comparison, $30 for an upgraded edition of these classic albums in Stereo CD, Stereo SACD and Surround Sound SACD is a deal.
The reality is that few US customers even pay $30...unless they don't shop around or don't belong to this forum....prices are very reasonable...in my case I would buy the discs if they were in a plain old paper bag...I'm just in it for the music...don't care about the aesthetics..
The artwork mock-up for this showed up on Amazon today - it scared me for a second because it doesn't have the usual red circle proclaiming quad or 4.0 or anything, but you'll notice on the disc itself it says 'Hybrid Multichannel' and has an AFZ5 catalog number. Tentative cause for celebration?
How many of these scoops do I have to post before I can change my username to steelybmoura?
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The artwork mock-up for this showed up on Amazon today - it scared me for a second because it doesn't have the usual red circle proclaiming quad or 4.0 or anything, but you'll notice on the disc itself it says 'Hybrid Multichannel' and has an AFZ5 catalog number. Tentative cause for celebration?
How many of these scoops do I have to post before I can change my username to steelybmoura?
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I think it looks better without the red circle, which may in fact have scared away prospective buyers who were not quite sure just what the heck it meant. We knew, but others could be clueless.
This looks much more professional, and less K-Tel.
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