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- 1TB doesn't go terribly far with DSD files.
- This is being launched as an audiophile thing--$2k player--which means it won't amount to much and may even flop.
- Sony should think of their player as a loss-leader ($400 - $500) and make up the money on DSD album sales at $12 - $15 a pop, potentially reinvigorating the entire recording industry.
- Sony should make their stuff playable only on hardware with a licensed decoder so it doesn't get hacked and pirated.
- Sony can never reinvigorate the recording industry on its own. There needs to be a consortium of record labels and hardward manufacturers to do this.
- If all of the above can be done, CD manufacturing needs to cease. The three choices will be lower-rez MP3, DSD downloads, and LP.
- The above plan would never work. Start poking holes in it. The idea of making significant money off of recordings may be gone for ever, which is a pity on many levels.