New dCS Puccini 1,21 version

But most SACD's sound better with DSD upsampling.

There is no 'DSD upsampling' when playing SACD. SACD discs are already is DSD format ;)

Elberoth2,
There is indeed no DSD upsampling with SACD. That said, with the Puccini, when playing an SACD, you can go to the set-up menu, and still switch between what dCS describes in the manual as DSD upsampling or PCM oversampling modes. And then from the remote, one can choose from the various DSD filters or DSP filters. In DSD mode, dCS calls it DSD upsampling in general, but of course, when playing an SACD, there is no DSD upsampling. I guess dCS uses the term generally but more in reference to redbook CDs, recommending that redbook CDs be upsampled to DSD for best results. But now with the Asymmetric filter in PCM mode, the game has changed by leaps and bounds.

A few more interesting observations as I play through more and more Redbook CD's :-
1. For JVC XRCD recordings - better with PCM -> Asymmetric Filter
2. For regular CD's
- if system is warm/tubey, better with PCM -> Asymmetric Filter
- if system is lean/bright, better with DSD -> Asymmetric Filter
Hope this helps. Enjoy!

I agree with most of the comments however,
I discovered XRCD recordings are supposed to be better with PCM turned on, not the DSD. I have shared my findings with Martin Reynolds of dCS in 2008 and he agreed and stated ''with some XRCD recordings it could be beneficial to turn off the DSD''.
3 Years later, I see PCM conversion has 3 different mods.(I have upgraded to version 1.21 as well)
But, please make sure you have turned on to PCM from DSD.
Otherwise new filters will not function. It can not be done by cycling from remote.It has the made in main menu of dCSs itself.
I urge the fellow dCS owners to re-check the main menu.
Remote does cycling to Filter 1-4, classic to Asym. It does not mean that you can change immediately by pressing the remote button.
As far as John Atkinson's latest comments on latest upgrade concerned, he stated that ''Asym filter was close to what he remembered of the Meridian 808i Signature player's sound: Individual acoustic objects were that bit better modeled and less like theatrical flats on the soundstage, and there was a greater ease to the sound.''
I need to ask the question where his mind has been?
Dcs Puccini was already a better performer than Meridian 808.2 back in 2008. I wonder why he had been waited until 2011 and declared A+ for dCS and rated as digital Product of year?