Here are some of the things I think have hurt SACD since its introduction:The switch from small hinged SACD box to large hinge. It cost a lot of money to reprint the bottom inlay card to fit the new dimensions of the new new large hinged cases, how many companies let SACDs go out of print instead of printing the new cards?
Lipschitz's damning exposé falsely claiming that SACD has less resolution than CD.
Meyer and Moran's damning AES paper.
The discontinuance of the of the Rolling Stones SACDs and their reissue as DSD mastered CDs
The various high-end CD manufacturer's claims that "their" newest CD player is sonically superior to SACD and that SACD is an unnecessary format.
Things that have hurt physical formats in general:
The difficult task of removing various anti-thief devices once one gets home with one's purchases. Especially the sticky glue used in the anti-piracy stripe across the top of the jewel case, even worse with DVD which have these on the side and bottom as well. Plus the magnetic sensing strip.
Broken and scratched jewel cases
Small print in booklets
Right! But you forgot one of the most damning of all: Sony's heavy promotion of HYBRID SACD as a completely compatible format, and then issuing all of their SACDs (until shortly before they stopped altogether) as SACD-ONLY discs that wouldn't play on a standard CD player!
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