Well, I think that even the early SACD adopters (like me, I've owned an SACD player since January, 2000) have something to whine about with the announcement of SACD II. From what I've read, SACD II is an attempt to make the format more DVD-A-like by adding the visuals and (perhaps) requiring the use of a monitor to set up the system for playback.
Adding injury to insult, it doesn't look like the new format will be backwards compatible with existing players, so if you have a player currently it's likely that you'll be forced to buy another one before existing software is completely phased out.
I think this spells the end, too, of both stereo and multi-channel playback formats on a single disk.
You can read all about SACD II here:
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/new...number=19363192
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