XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Mr.T  wrote:   
   >"Scott Dorsey"  wrote in message   
   >news:icr8ds$3ag$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   >> >> Why do you think DVD-A and DSD failed?   
   >> >   
   >> >Umm, because they were snake oil?   
   >>   
   >> Snake oil usually does pretty well in the market.  Look at Bose.   
   >   
   >Dead right, but it does require a lot of marketing, and there wasn't nearly   
   >enough for DVD-A and DSD. For some reason their heart just wasn't in the con   
   >that time.   
      
   I'm not sure I'd call surround playback a con per se, at least no more than   
   any other recording system.  But it's true that surround audio-only playback   
   failed back in the seventies, mostly due to the program material, and so I   
   am not really all that surprised that it has failed again.   
      
   People don't want accurate reproduction, they want gimmicks.   
   --scott   
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