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There is another quite positive review of the Raysonic at Audiogon:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr...&zzl13d3tube&&
Yet another by an audioasylum inmate at :
http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/t...gital&m=123009
However, I think there may be a risk that some people are too influenced by the appearance of the Raysonic, and they may make themselves believe that the sound equals the appearance (which you may, or may not like). This is how the asylum inmate begins :
"However, after reading the very professional review that 6 moons gave on it (Blue Moon) and looking at the amazing design (beauty is in the eye of the beholder) , and then looking through the photos of the interior layout and the quality of parts used I felt this was something I wanted on my Rack. I am not sorry. It of course is a tube hybrid with all the beauty of tube output combined with fabulous bass from the ss section. It is so much fun loading a disc as you have the same feeling of control as when you load a vinyl disc on its turntable."
In reply to this review there is a strong blanket rejection of the Raysonic by another asylum member who claims that the use of ASCR discredits the Raysonic. I am not sure that I know what ASCR is, but you may do.
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/dig...es/123552.html
"It is yet another CD source that uses asynchronous sample-rate conversion ("24b/96khz upsampling")- One feature that I'd personally avoid like the plague." Posted by Todd Krieger
There is also a not so positive review in a French Web magazine by a Marc Philip (who appears not to like any tube based CDP), but he is also comparing the Raysonic with a much more expensive Classé machine.
http://magazine-audio.com/actualite/reportages/82
Marc PHILIP (said to be an independent journalist), was visiting Rotac électronique inc, a shop or importer in Québec.
In a French language web magazine, he likens its sound to that of the Shanling, and can't understand the present taste for valves in CD players.
Also when I raised the same question as the one here on a French site,
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/v...bf4e3e3875ef13
someone said they had heard the Raysonic in Belgium and found it very vague with rolled off highs, or typically tubey.
I have been told that the Raysonic does need a change of tubes (from the original EH 6922, which are not the best of tunes, to Sovtek 6h23s for example).
Even the 6Moons article describes the OS Raysonic as Push-pull-like, as compared to the NOS Consonance ref 2,2 Linear which would be more SET-like. Although, the reviewer does appear to prefer the Raysonic.
This difference could be due to the tube types : the Linear uses the 6H30 which is reputed not to be too warm or lush; or it could be due to the fact that the Linear is NOS, while the Raysonic is OS.
I would really like to see a review comparing the Ref 2,2 MKII which is OS, to the OS Raysonic, just to see whether the Raysonic's tubes are indeed giving it this push-pull sound.
(I would also like to see the NOS ref 2,2 Linear compared to the OS Ref 2,2, just so that we can really find out how NOS and OS differ, but that is a different question.)
When pressed a little, the Audiogon reviewer (mentioned above) seemed to think that the Raysonic might be better in an SS system. This could also indicate a slightly lush tube sound (although perhaps lush might be too strong a word).
I must insist that I have not heard the Raysonic and I am very much interested, as I need to change my CD player, but I am cautious.
