I've never heard the sentiment put quite that way... but I like it.
well, even after all those years in Canada my english still weird. particularly in builds of sentences.
what did i meant behind it - here at QQ demand is toward old and very old titles, which in many cases are forgotten among wide public.
those, which still afloat around, they pretty much acceptable in the format, they were done before and majority of consumers doesn't care
about anything else. so why the artist or label should bother themselves with redoing them in surround for remaining minority?
at same time we have situation with rise of interest to prog rock, which manifested itself in evolving of old prog rock genre into neo prog
and formation plenty of new and interesting artists/bands. due to its novelty the artists themselves not yet had been spoiled by PR media
(which sadly has happend with almost all old "stars") and are pretty much still operate in open, democratic style, thus easy to access for
communication and by this way somehow push them into right direction. on top of this i have noticed very promising rise of interest among
them to surround format. it's a crime to left this unattended because someones refuses any novelty in music and stuck to Beach Boys or Beatles
for rest of their life. as consequence of such ignorance, there won't be neither new or old releases in surround.
another positive side in supporting this new wave of artists is their fan base. mostly still yet progressive younger generation, open to new and exciting things.
simple arithmetic - if each artist do have let's say 10-20 thousands fans worldwide and released album in well done surround, this automatically
brings into surround camp by most humble expectation, at least 3 to 5 thousands new followers, which in turn may spreads their newly discovered
surround experience and knowledge further to their friends.
please note: that's (3~5 000) the typical print run of title by boutique label like AF and such, who has hard time to sell it out to their existent consumer base.