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Original dCS Delius vs the new favourites?

Just wondering how far things have come on? I have a Delius (2000 vintage I think - current value - about USD3k) that feeds some UCD switching amps directly and they feed a pair of Acapella Violins; source is a reclocked Denon 2900 with a dvdupgrades SACD board which outputs 24/44.1 on cd and 24/88 pcm on SACD. All in all it sounds damn fine to me. What I'm wondering now of course is how far things have come on in six years but I'm a bit remote and have no opportunity to hear the latest gear.

Will something like the current favourite Ayre / Bluenote / Esoteric DV50 (as opposed to X-01 or 3 to keep some realism!) clean this up completely - it seems a little hard to see how frankly? While on this - is the Purcell a major improvement for the Delius - I seem to recall some mixed feelings about the upsampling? How about more recent incarnations of the Delius?

Thanks for your thoughts / sharing your experience,

Murray
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Thanks Teajay,

It always surprises me how much more can be teased out of systems when you think they are already going pretty well. SACD is great on a few of my discs (red book doesn't come close on some) but the selection is the limiting factor of course. I do read of redbook cd players achieving "SACD sound quality" levels but I wonder how (and whether) that might really be possible (and how much might be a little bit optimistic / self supporting of the argument against SACD). I guess it's all relative though but I can see I'll have to make an effort to hear some of the newer machines.

Thanks again for your time, thoughts and direction,

Murray
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