best cd between cary or raysonic

I've had a Ray 128 for at least three years and consider it one of the best audio buys I ever made. It does all the things you want. I assume you've read the 6moons review. Never heard the Cary. Good luck, Dave

all right Dave, your 128 sound warm ot neutral?? im searching for a transparent tube cd player....

Slightly warm, detailed but not "analytical," and I always confuse "transparent" with "threadbare," so I'm not a good one to talk about it. Cables and tube rolling definitely affect the sound, but the stock tubes aren't bad at all.

i owned the raysonic, although i did not compare it with the cary.

my brief comments refer to the raysonic.

if i recall, the raysonic used 6 volt tubes--6dj8 or 6922, probably not 6fq7.

i found the player closer to truth than beauty, closer to transparency than euphony.

perhaps one could find some mullards to alter the frequency response, however, if i were looking for a "warm" player , raysonic would not be it.

One thing I neglected to mention about the Raysonic, or at least the 128. It hates passive "preamps." When it was new, I took mine to try in a friend's system which uses a very fine passive controller/attenuator, and I could hardly recognize the Raysonic. "Bleached" is putting it mildly. IMO, If ever there was a CDP that really needs an active preamp to sound its best, this is it. Dave