Question about DSD DACs

At the moment I'm pretty happy with my Redbook setup though the temptation to tweak/upgrade is always lurking. Running CDs (I have a pretty sizable collection of these) and the one or two DVD-A discs I have through the Bryston BDA1, enhanced by a Wyred4Sound reclocker, the sound is very pleasing.

 My first SACD player was a Sony DVP-NS500V, ca 2002, but I didn't buy it for that, I bought it to be our first DVD player. The SACD capability was sort of a bonus. As I recall the thing cost all of about $200. I still have it and it still works. Upgrading to the CA 751BD (2012) was an expedient to play Blu-Rays, and to be fair, as a universal disc player it's actually a very good machine. However, subsequent enhancements (outboard DAC and reclocker) have made an enormous difference to its audio performance. (It's video performance was excellent from the get-go, so no complaints there).

I've had SACDs in the collection for quite a few years now, and though what I hear is (to agree with the above post) perhaps a slight improvement over good old 44.1 (well, 96 now with my reclocker), I wonder if an average listener could hear the difference in a blind test? That's why I was so curious about hearing unconverted DSD.

" I've had SACDs in the collection for quite a few years now, and though what I hear is (to agree with the above post) perhaps a slight improvement over good old 44.1 (well, 96 now with my reclocker), I wonder if an average listener could hear the difference in a blind test? That's why I was so curious about hearing unconverted DSD."

Hopefully, we don't fall into the category of average listeners. But I think I should clarify the comments in my last post. I didn't mean to suggest that the difference between SACD and CD was very small. Its not. I think many people expected the difference to be like vinyl and CD. Some things a record can do fairly easily that it takes a very good CD player to equal. The difference SACD makes isn't that big, but the format is still clearly better than CD. If you were to get a universal player like the Ayre 5 U2, you can easily hear the differences between formats.

I flatter myself that I too am not an average listener, but really all (or at least the vast majority) of us who indulge in this hobby are not average listeners. Just an unsupported-by-any-facts opinion...

" I flatter myself that I too am not an average listener, but really all (or at least the vast majority) of us who indulge in this hobby are not average listeners. Just an unsupported-by-any-facts opinion..."

My advice would be to keep those "other types" away from your system. Every time they get near a pair of speakers, they just can't help themselves and start pushing in all the centers on the drivers. Its a travesty. I get nauseous every time I go into Best Buy and witness the damage on a mass scale. Maybe Trump will finally do something about the problem, but until then, lock your listening room door.