Opera Consonance Linear 2.2 or Raysonic 128?

I believe the same reviewer at 6moons wrote up both of these CDP's. You might compare his reviews. I bought the Raysonic based on his review when it first came out and have not been disappointed in any aspect of its performance in comparison to the Wadia 302 or the BAT DK5 which I also use in my system. My guess is that you will find the Raysonic will have a fuller and more dynamic sound and the 2.2 will be more linear and precise, sort of like the difference between a lot of ss stuff v tube stuff (even though as I recall the 2.2 does use tubes. You might also come to this same conclusion of the sound of the 2.2 by 6moons comparison of it to the Droplet which it also reviewed. In than comparison they mentioned that the Droplet had a longer decay compared to the 2.2.

Anyway its a good read. Draw your own conclusions.

I have some interest in these products as well. A third product you might want to consider is the Doge 6. I have not heard it, but it is receiving a lot of attention. Pacific Valve Company says it's as good as it gets!

Not exactly side by side but more like room by room.

In comparison:

It is like Cambridge 840/740 and Rega Apollo or Saturn.

Raysonic like Cambridge is very detail, forward and resolution to benefit the system with a little laid back characteristics that might use a small overdoes of sparkle and clean frowardness.
It can be very rewarding in the right system.
However, careful match with the other components is crucial.

Consonance Linear 2.2 is more laid back, sound wise easy on the ears without the edginess and brightness that never fails to disgust me. Consonance is like KOTO and Shin- Shinto Japanese swords. Another words KOTO being the last era of the old masters and techniques in art of the the sword making. A special attention to details, pride of ownership and tradition. While Shin-Shinto is the beginning the new period in sword making. Quality was still great but never match the old school, traditional masters. Opera Consonance Linear 2.2 is somewhere between the old and the new. It is implementing new technology and techniques with the old school of fluid, musical, sweet - tube wormed sound.
That is what I like and that is my choice between the two.

Which one is the CDP that you think might suit you better????
I do not know.
It is a personal decision and it is you who have got to make it.

Cheers

I had a demo Consonance linear 2.2 in house and thought that it was great on good sounding cd's. However, with the majority of cd's I did not like it at all. It didn't really have any smoothing qualities to it, so if the cd is edgy you will get hit in the face with that edge because of the dynamics. On most recording I preferred the MKII. It sounds more holographic and tube like than the linear. I demoed it strictly out of curiosity as I was a MKII owner and wanted to know how they compared after I heard the cd120 linear. I actually prefer the cd120 linear to the ref 2.2.

Not the comparison that you are looking for but I thought I would share my thoughts on one of the players in question nonetheless.

Regards,
Mike

Thanks to everyone who replied. Unfortunately, as I mentioned I not in a position to audition either components so I have to go in blind. I have a MHZS 88E currently and like it, but dont know how much (and what) either of these units will add. I would appreciate any info that is posted

thanks
Sri