neil wilkes
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Haven't seen any new SACDs from Crest in some time. Most of the new SACD releases are made by either Sonopress in Germany or Sony DADC in Austria these days.
I'm pretty certain these - with the sole exception (assuming it is still open) of Sony DADC UK (They bought what used to be called Disctronics) that SonoPress Germany & Sony DADC Austria are the only ones in europe with the necessary license from Sony.
They took away the replication rights from a lot of lines because of major quality problems. The same thing is happening with BD discs too - there were a few of what Sony call "Technical Partners" involved at first, but they lost the rights to replicate after Sony checked & found what they were outputting was not up to scratch.
And you cannot fault them for that.
Sony DADC Europe also replicate DVD-A discs too! I got such a shock when I got the PT FOABP Test Moulds back with Sony's name all over them. I guess I tend to forget they own DVD-A patents, and only went into SACD because they refused to share a format & wanted to own it outright.