I still by 12" vinyl and CD's, chart music is more download i'll say.

Vinyl is still here and selling, should have died years ago but underground dance music has kept it alive, even hip hop... The art of DJ'ing.

Yes I buy 12" singles
some are rare remixes,
and some play at 33, of course most play at 45rpm.

They sound louder
and are Ideal for DJ's.

Instrumental versions are good as well
letting you mix something on top of that.

Life In The City.

"But SACD gets another boost as Hybrid SACD 5.1 disc
that also play on normal CD players."

Hybrid SACD has been out for ages and has not really had much impact. Yes there may be more discs out there but if they are played on a a normal CD player you only get the 2.0 mix at the normal CD sampling rates and frequencies. So there is no improvement over a normal CD. To get the improvment you will need to buy a SACD player, or a DVD player with SACD playback. And as I have said most people won't do that as they are happy with CD.

Hybrid SACD
sells to those that have SACD systems or Pioneer
& the like units that
play them all.

Of course it is Hi Fi people that buy these
but many labels now do Hybrid SACD.

Genesis put all there CD's out in DTS and Hybrid SACD 5.1
a great job by Nick Davis remastering.


It is all down to choice.
Many adults & kids are happy with bad sounding MP3's


Life In The City.

"Of course it is Hi Fi people that buy these"

And there not enough of us out there for the format to ever really take off and become mainstream. Most people would be able to improve the sound of their kit with something as simple as correct speaker placement. But as they are happy with the sound as it is they don't bother or know about doing that.

In the end I got shot of my SACD player for two reasons. Lack of music, and more importantly my CD player sounded better.

Yes I avoid one system only.
I can see your problem.
Pioneer made SACD/DVDA/DTS 5.1 all in one
that made great sense to me.