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About: " Something about the sound that is pleasant."

Posted by AbeCollins on November 18, 2020 at 07:03:28:
I played with SACD many years ago and the sound was pleasant on several recordings. However, I thought well recorded and mastered PCM CDs were right up there with SACD... perhaps just a little "different" sounding.
Fast forward a couple decades and I played with DSD downloads vs PCM, as well as on the fly upsampling conversion of PCM - using HQPlayer or DSP that is built into Roon.
My conclusion:
To my ears, SACD/DSD will make otherwise harsh sounding CD/PCM sound smoother, better, more pleasant. BUT, take a CD or PCM recording that sounds excellent to begin with and SACD/DSD simply polishes it smooth..... almost unnaturally smooth in some cases. Much of the fine texture is gone. Some of the "edge" that the artist intended to be there is also polished smooth.
Duke Ellington: I found both to be outstanding but the DSD was not quite as dynamic as the PCM