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

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.

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