RU.08 said:

It certainly isn't SR on its own that brings the source to life - its his Avisynth script that implements SR in his own uniquely designed way.

Exactly. That's what I was saying from the very beginning: the substantial part of SR adds very little to the overall effect. It is the noise canceling and sharpening/deblurring that happens during the process are responsible for most of the improvements.

And, of course, the smart anti-aliasing elevated the earlier results to another level. It is very impressive indeed.