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John Atkinson told me in an e-mail that he has requested another 5400 from Sony so he can compare it with his upgraded Ayre and others. Presumably there will be an article coming from him soon on his results. I personally think that the Sony is revolutionary; it is SO good, especially for its price, that a lot of engineers at a lot of companies are going to be going back to the drawing board!

Found this very interesting announcement on another forum - Linn to Cease Production of CD Players . The article gives hard numbers on the decline of CD player sales and the rise of their DS networked player line. It's been baffling to me for some time how so many hi-end vendors continue to release new CD players.

You have my gratitude,and thanks again for your help.Please if you have some news about this Sony,please spend you some minutes to write here some words about this subject). I will tell that I make more sacrifice to have this CD player from Accuphase,because I here from many people/source lyke this is ,(also actualy),a extraordinary player,and from them and from another best player, is only a diference of taste...??? Normally,lyke another...

I have recently acquired a Raysonic CD168 player. I replaced the tubes that came with it with some NOS tubes. I'm elated with the results I'm getting in my system with this fantastic player. Anyone have experience with the CD238 or CD228?

I imagine that Luxman and Esoteric compete at similar price points in the Japanese market. The Luxman D-06 is similarly priced to the well regarded Esoteric X-05. Has anyone seen and heard the Luxman D-06 and compared it to the Esoteric X-05? Regards, Mark

I think Luxman D-series SACD/CD players are a bit too new for too many to have heard them. I've read enthusiastic reviews of the D-08 and D-05 in Japan's Stereo Sound. D-08 was on the Grand Prix list of '08 components in that mag.