Dave Lampson writes: >Hyperion wants 6 pounds more (only 2 pounds more at Amazon) for the SACD >version over the CD version. I've always disagreed with premium pricing >for CDs, and so I predictably disagree with it for SACD. It's not that >the SACD version doesn't offer better value, it's that by charging a >premium on top of their already high price they create a barrier for >people to try the SACD. Of course, selling them as a 4 CD box set doesn't help either! Where the heck is mine; I ordered it from Amazon UK, (does *anyone* have an SACD player in UK?), on October 1st. I've also got the Saint Saens Piano concerti coming from the Audite label, a new Roge Ravel/Gerswhin Piano concerti from Oehms, the new Chailly Mahler 9th, (can't wait), looking forward to a new "Vanessa" (Barber) on Chandos, and a new "Tristan" highlights with Deborah Polanski-- a new name to me. Should I be excited? Quick note, I'm selling my CD collection, (1500 - 100 of my must-haves), over on Amazon, and going all SACD. No lectures, diatribes about Sony, etc.;:) but keep an eye out my internet friends, you'll find many out-of-print CDs you might be interested in. I've just begun to upload them at the site, under jdaniel of course. John Smyth Sac, CA