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I mainly listen to acoustic and (European) classical music. SACD is, in my opinion, better than Red Book CD. "Perfect sound forever"? SACD comes closer than Red Book CD. My audio setup is stereo, so no fiddling around with menus, setup, and all that computerized stuff. That's why DVD-Audio is not my cup of tea. I just want to play music. Vinyl, CD, and SACD (two-channel) are more convenient than DVD-Audio. Just enjoy the music. There are a lot of labels that still release SACD's, so it is far from dead. Just like vinyl: everybody was writing that vinyl was dead, but it is still here, stronger and better than ever! SACD will survive in a similar way. The big labels only care about the money, but the smaller labels, that care about music and sound quality, will keep releasing SACDs. Channel Classics, Pentatone, BIS, and a lot of other labels are the choice of music lovers.