jhm731, First if you notice what I said "richidoo, it is my understanding from people in the know that no matter how good your SACD playback system is the SACD played back through it will not sound as good as the same DSD file of that SACD played back through a quality DSD playback system costing a lot less." Notice the part " it is my understanding from people in the know". So why do you keep acting like "I" made the statement. I am just the messenger, so do not shoot me.
And I later mention that THE OWNER< DESIGNER OF PLAYBACK DESIGNS HAS STATED THAT HIMSELF. So do you think HE has heard it in his own system.
Even if I heard all of them IN MY SYSTEM it is still JUST MHO so, so what. But when one of the leading designers has stated it then it means something.
Just for the record, I have heard all of them. Personally, I am not crazy about the dCS (to strident for me). I like the EMM Labs, Play Back Designs and MSB. Again IMHO.