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I think they are pointless at serving any sonic benefits. Because they are often sourced from PCM at resolutions (96khz or 192khz) less than DSD (2.8Ghz) and then converted to an upsampled DSD or DXD (384khz) and then reconverted back and down sampled to 44.khz PCM 16-bit.
It's more practical to just master at the original sample rate (assuming its at least 96khz 24 bit PCM) and down sample to 44.1khz 16-bit PCM for the CD.
DSD only makes sense if the source is DSD. Like if I had the original analog tapes to Stars Wars, and I captured it directly to DSD and then I released it as DSD (.DSF files)
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I have The Good The Bad and The Ugly/For A Few Dollars More, Quien Sabe? and Novecento, all of which (to my ears) sound better than the originals.
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I have the Japanese Terminator 2 DSD remaster and it is a revelation compared to the the original Varese release. It makes the old CD sound like a sixth generation cassette tape. I also have the Alien Trilogy DSD remaster and it sounds quite excellent, but I don't have the original CD to compare it to.
Sadly, I missed out on the Aliens DSD remaster.
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The very first DSD recorded CD release I ever bought, broke my stereo system! When I played Jerry Goldsmith's score to Hollow Man for the very first time, one of the speaker terminals shorted out within the first 5 mins! Ok I know it was a coincidence, but for a long time I blamed that CD! :-)
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ROLLING STONES:
'Flowers'
"GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT It "
in this case there is a definite improvement in sound over the original remaster
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It may not be the DSD process that's making these albums sound better, but rather more attentive mastering.
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It may not be the DSD process that's making these albums sound better, but rather more attentive mastering.
This is exactly it.
Heres an example, The RCA Living Stereo SACD remasters from 2005-2009 are highly praised by audiophiles for their high fidelity and sonics by the original engineers of the recordings. By 2011 Sony obtained the RCA Living Stereo catalog, and remastered them as DSD remasters with different engineers and released them as budget priced boxsets. The resulting CDs featured compressed dynamics and the lost of all clarity and richness of the originals. The fact that they were remastered in DSD made no difference at all. It was just Sony's cookie cutter approach.
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Just kidding my friend. Some people like DSD, some don't. 
