gofar99 Messages: 1949 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
Hi, They have been around for some time. It is a different way of putting the data on the disk. It is not compatible with a standard CD playback scheme. However many of the better players will play them. Another variation is the HDCD same drill. I have copies of some music on SACD and CD (my OPPO can play both) and the SACD is a bit cleaner in presentation and generally sounds nicer. But SACDs are scarce and likely to never be popular so if your player will handle them fine...but I would not base my choice between two different players on whether one played them or not.