@elk - once again you have gone TOO far - can we not agree that it is ‘audio porn’ and drop the denigrating ‘mere’? Gosh, I thought we were here to share a hobby! 
Elk said: Not directly, but for the average person CDs sound great. They find no reason to spend more or switch formats. Without a mass migration and interest in DSD, the format will remain only of niche interest.
-- and we must recall the mass migration to MP3s on convenience and not SQ.
:))