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Has anybody heard the new RAYSONIC CD 138?

I see the replacement for the Raysonic cd 128 is now available. One of my favorites in the long list of players I have had. The new CD 138 seems to have a different transport, a little better DAC tand a slide cover instead of the disc. Just curious if anyone has heard one.

I have heard some of the other tube players recently and still prefer the cd 128.
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detredwings
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I went to the Raysonic room at the Guangzhou Hifi fair in December and I can't be sure now if it was the 138 or the 238 I heard but it was nice. They had the 228 which is a two piece unit that I enjoyed even more. I almost bought it. I ended up buying the Esound Reference Platinum instead. I already have a tube integrated that I can't keep my fingers out of so I thought a solid state CD player would be better for me. The Raysonic was one of my favorite rooms at the show and I don't think you will be disappointed.
detredwings
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* About the USB input, we will add it in the future. All our CD players have different design concepts and use different materials. The CD128 can read HDCD, the CD138 uses the CS4398 DAC and only its RCA output runs through the tube buffer while the balanced output uses transistors.

I copied that from the 6moons review of the CD228
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