Tried DSD?

I did. Sounds the same if you have the right setup. Glad AS made this leap.

I remember reading a few years ago that high bit rate PCM was superior to DSD (from an objective perspective).

Dsd has nothing special for me, even with good equipment.

I remember reading a few years ago that high bit rate PCM was superior to DSD (from an objective perspective).

Reading and hearing are two different experiences.

Dsd has nothing special for me, even with good equipment.

Then you should stay away from DSD and unrelated (to you) DSD threads.

DSD is awesome. Make sure you system is up to it. 

I did two downloads from the Pentatone (Classical) label from a different site.  The downloads did indeed take forever and then weren’t pristine, with a few brief dropouts.  I tried this to compare the same recordings, which I have in SACD.  My Oppo 105 can output the DSD layer of SACD over HDMI to the HDMI of my Bryston DAC3 (DSD 64).  I think the downloads were 128.  I couldn’t sonically distinguish any difference between the two resolutions, and given the hassles of the downloads I’ve just stuck to accessing my DSD from SACD as described above