Is DSD download already an extinct format?

" I'm sold on native DSD being better than PCM"

Why is that again? Is there a concrete technical reason or reasons? I would think a quality implementation of each playing same resolution source material would be more alike than different.

What would be the technical reason for better apples/apples sound quality? THen how much is there really in practice and is there good value there or just another new technology and format to sell stuff with.

Thanks.

"I have listened to 192/24 PCM versus double DSD of the same material using SACDs as the source and double DSD wins hands down. "

Tbg always manages to determine what sounds better when comparing two very similar things. Can I assume he is unbiased in his judgements? Is anyone? I wish I had his ears and his unabiding trust in what I hear. I hear things that both sound really good in significantly different ways all the time and am still challenged to say which is conclusively "better".

On the other hand, I am pretty good I think at detecting noise and distortion when I hear it and have no doubt then that something is amiss, but still lots of reasons why still possible.

I think I've pretty much heard it all and have come to the conclusion that there is not always a clear winner when comparing two different things done well. Its more a matter of individual tastes and perspectives, which ALWAYS vary.

"Mapman, I have been enjoying dramatic improvements in my audio reproductions the last several years. This has many roots but I will not bore you with them. What has happened is that I am getting realism that I never thought was possible and I have learned how fragile that realism is."

Same story here.

PCM has not gotten my attention to date. Too many other fish to fry until the unique value might become clear.

I am a computer systems/software engineer by profession and am tasked to understand new technology daily in my role. Adding DSD to my list of things to try to understand better when the right time comes.