Adoption
The Super Audio CD format was originally introduced in 1999. Royal Philips Electronics and Crest Digital partnered in May 2002 to develop and install the first SACD hybrid disc production line in the USA, with a production capacity of 3 million discs per year. But SACD did not achieve the same explosive growth that Compact Discs enjoyed in the 1980s, and was not accepted by the mainstream market. By 2008, some considered the Super Audio CD a complete failure. However, the format continues to thrive in the audiophile community, and new SACD recordings and players continue to be made.
Despite the global decline in Compact Disc sales, the number of new SACD releases increased in 2010.
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Famous quotes containing the word adoption:
“Frankly, I adore your catchy slogan, “Adoption, not Abortion,” although no one has been able to figure out, even with expert counseling, how to use adoption as a method of birth control, or at what time of the month it is most effective.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)