Either way, SACD was a premium audiophile product at launch, with Sony's first players retailing for $4,000 to $5,000, while DVD Audio players started at a more conventional new format price of ...

and targeted to the audiophile market. The SCD-1, whose initial monthly production will be 500 units per month, will be accompanied by 13 SACD discs from Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), which has ...