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I want my future purchase of new audio player to be able to play my existing cd collections

I will not buy them if they are not compatible with current players. Price will also be a factor for me; I am aready paying too much for CDs.

Isn't the need for back-compatiblilty obvious?

I dont want any compatibility with CD because the quality and prise! For CD evrybody have his old CD player.

DVD video players also offer backward compatibility so where's the advantage?

Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not inclined to throw away 500 CD's and go get DVD's or SACD Discs. This hobby is expensive enough as it is.

It's important for car audio, and I want to play the new discs in my old system.

But can regular CD's be played on high-rez players? Those people who currently have large CD collections will be forced to own two digital source componets.

Not important to me, since I will use dedicated drives, but I think this will be very important to the average music buyer.

Come on guys ...lets be honest ..if all we wanted WAS music then ..we had no need for hi-end equipment. If someone has a large library of CDs ,with an non compatible new media..he can always use his Cd player for it. Price of discs will remain the smae if no one buys CDs no more and support the new media..they'll just have to drop CD form.

Backward compatability would be a desireable feature. However, it may not be easy to achieve, without compromising the sound quality. Most current DVD players are terrible for CDs, even though they do play them. Creating a player that is outstanding for both SACD and CDs is likely to be expensive. Optimizing for both SACD and DVD-audio is not going to be cost effective. One of these formats is going to eventually kill the other.

If new format players are not backwards compatible, no one except audiophiles will buy the new players and hardly any software will be released in the new format. If we want better sound to survive, we need to get the masses to buy into it.

I doubt that any of these formats will be able to beat analog discs.

Sure it's important as the new standards are phased in, but isn't the issue really whether the new SACD players and the new DVD-Audio players are back-compatible with regular CDs? Now that's EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!

I would rather have new hardware capable of playing "legacy" CD software (in addition to new formats) than new software formats that are cluttered with extra-cost, old-tech versions of new music.

I'd strongly prefer to be able to continue using my 1000+ CD collection with newer, better equipment, rather than being forced by lack of backward compatibility to maintain two distinct pieces of equipment for the two formats.

If it costs more, just give me the good stuff. I will buy a universal player anyway, when they become available.

It's primarily an issue for retailers, not consumers.

I'm currently pleased with the quality of reproduction provided by high end CD players. I have recently (last Year) invested in a Classe CDP-1. It would be great if I could get a couple of years of use and replace or upgrade at my convenience instead of a forced decision by manufacturers.

I believe that the availability of a universal hardware source/decoder will be more relevant as with the case of Home Theatre at the moment.

what am i supposed to do with many many cd that i have been collecting for last 15years? replace to new sacd or dvd-audio? are you crazy? forget it......

Back-compatibility will likely add to the cost of the disc. First, there might be additional royalties. Second, the discs themselves will be more expensive to produce because the yield is likely to be lower at the factory.

It is just as important that any new format be compatible with my 300 CDs. My HDCD Rotel (thanks, Sam!) produces beautful music, and I am not going to jump to a new format so readily now.

Back-compatibility means that record stores need to carry only a single inventory. This means that a format like SACD stands a chance of becoming widely available.

I have over 1500 Cds in my collection. I paid for every one of them and do not want them to be overlooked in the next format change. I also have 4,00 LPs and do not want yet another collection to be obsolete when manufacturers vcan prevent this form ocurring.

Backward compatibility is very important for acceptance of new technology in the marketplace. It would make a lot of people hesitate about investing in the technology, and slow down the rate of acceptance. CDs have been around long enough that many people, myself included, have made considerable investments, with collections of hundreds or thousands of discs.

I already have a good CD Player.

I won't get rid of my CD's just to gain another level of accuracy.

Otherwise, maybe only 5.1 channel will proberbly be interesting.