Are you kidding? While Sony has abandoned the SACD format, audiophile labels like Mobile Fidelity, Audio Fidelity and Analogue Productions continue to churn out high quality reissues on SACD. If anything, there are more SACDs being made now than there were 5 years ago.
Neither Meridian nor Bob Stuart (and other notable luminaries) consider SACD to be "High Res" and thus Meridian will never release a player capable of SACD........no point in arguing with me, argue with him.......and you won't win him over by the way!!!
In addition, the Blu-Ray audio disc format appears to be picking up steam, with Universal announcing several titles this fall. Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Rolling Stones have already released Blu-Ray audio titles.
Can you tell me SPECIFICALLY how these Bluray Audio releases differ from the versions long available on DVD-A or the 24/96 & 24/192 versions from HD_Tracks et al?? What would a User gain from re-buying these releases of long available material??