An SACD question

I've found quality of SACD's to be variable on much popular material. Enough so that I don't go out of my way to seek them out for anything but classical music. However, classical releases tend to have good to excellent recording engineering and clearly show the the benefits of SACD technology. Thankfully, SACD seems to be alive and well in the classical music market and I'll keep buying them as long as the medium remains viable.

I find I am buying a lot less of them since AudiogoN eliminated it's dedicated SACD section of the classifieds.

I own about 500 sacds and now have some on my music server in dsd. Getting this is a rather cumbersome process but is wonderful. It is like hearing master tapes. It also takes lots of space. I have a two Tb raid system, so this is no real problem.

I as yet have no 192/24 pcm download to compare with the dsd, but I have Diana Krall albums in both formats. The dsd is superior, even though the master tape was probably 192/24. I also have several direct to dsd from analog master tapes that are outstanding.

You can load dsd files to Itunes using Pure Music.

I specifically look for SACDs. I only have a digital front end, but I prefer them over redbook CD almost universally. What's more of a toss up is the uber expensive SHM SACDs over the normal issues. Some are better, some so much so it warrants the extra $s, some the other way.

I find the SHM cds universally superior.