SACD is far from dead, lots of great reissues coming out on SACD. It might be dead with the masses but it is thriving with audiophiles.
I know about the Oppo of course but the Denon, if anyone is shopping, is a very nice deck for redbook and sacd (and dvd-a if you're into that). It's of a much higher build quality than the Oppo.
Just posting good deals for folks who are looking at the Oppo universal decks (the non BluRay decks), this Denon is just a bit more expensive but is leaps and bounds better build quality.
Sorry, I was wallowing in poor sarcasm and influenza
My hope is really for HD-FLAC to become a standard.
Sort of cuts out the media providers, DRM, and inventory issues.
Lets the user choose a DAC that they like.
The storage issue is solved as soon as people see it and begin to use what's available to them.
I'm dying to hear the Sabre 32, but if I had a dollar for every new technology that was "revolutionary", I'd be rich beyond words