John Smyth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The the sales graphs are looking like they did when CD took off.  There
>is a Pioneer for $159; whether it sounds good or not, I don't know.

Yes!  I purchased this model for $130 at Best Buy on sale.

By way of comparison, I purchased my first CD player in June 1983.
I literally was the first kid in town that had one.  It cost 1000.00,
had no shuffle features.  Actually NO features other than play, forwards,
and backwards.  I had to order cds at 25.00 dollars a crack, from
Washington, D.C.  (Serenade Record Shop in fact).

So by way of comparison, SACD is a lot further down the road in acceptance,
I think.

Kim Patrick Clow
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