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Originally Posted by Pondosinatra
I just grabbed one off of eBay listed as 'ultra-rare'. It seems a lot of them are advertised as such.
Is it just because compared to CD's that far fewer copies are mastered for SACD? Could you generalize that for all SACD releases?
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Almost all SACDs from the major music labels are out of print. The labels did one or two pressings at most for them and due to lack of sales at the time did not manufacture a lot for each SACD. So they are much rarer than the typical CD. DVD-Audios are in the same situation, but have come down in price since that format was digitally cracked to be downloaded off the Internet. The unbreakable encryption on SACD has prevented their prices from falling so far. Years ago you could walk into any Best Buy and get most any SACD for retail prices.