Rating
Reviewed by:
Cat
(Casual Listener)
Review Date
January 26, 2009Overall Rating
 1 of 5
Value Rating
1 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
6.00 votes
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Review 1 of 29
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
DO. NOT. WASTE. YOUR. MONEY. People who need to justify the exorbitant amount of money that they spent on this player will tell you that it is "fickle". No. It is WORTHLESS when it comes to consistently playing a CD. Regardless of whether or not the CD is new, scratched, original, or a copy, at some point this CD player will decide that it doesn't want to play it. This thing has one function -- ONE -- and it can't perform it with any consistency. An absolute disaster of a purchase.
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Reviewed by:
brian_rega
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 5, 2009Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2.00 votes
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Review 2 of 29
Price Paid:
$498.00
from Rayleigh Hi-Fi Summary:
Firstly I think this is a great sounding CDP. Very musical, easy on the ear, yet still dynamic with lots of energy and detail. But now I have to point out its one weakness: it's susceptibility to RFI. My Apollo worked perfectly till I installed a broadband cable within about 14 inches of the back of the player. I used a telephone output socket that split the broadband signal to a seperate socket and then I used twisted pair type cable to connect to my computer about 30 feet away. The problem is that when the cable is connected and carrying the broadband signal, the Apollo takes ages to initialize and then jumps and skips while trying to play the music and randomly drops the sound out completely. So the player is totally unuseable with the cable running near the player. I can disconnect the cable and everything is great, but it's a bit of a pain doing that every time I want to play music. My only answer is to relocate the cable and or my computer or maybe use a wifi connection (but this might generate enough RFI to cause the same problem). Strengths:
Musicality, detail and price (£498) Weaknesses:
1) RFI susceptibility
2) Very slightly bass light, but I can put up with that: it's nice and tight and rhythmic. Similar Products Used:
Rega Planet
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Reviewed by:
j-man
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
April 2, 2008Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
 4 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.57 of 5,
7.00 votes
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Review 3 of 29
Price Paid:
$1100.00 Summary:
This cd-player is stunning in it's realistic and crisp sound delivery. Analog or digitally this unit produces. In the 4 to 5 months I've owned it twice I've returned to the dealer for repairs, both regarding the stop button. It stopped working? Also for you couch potatoes the remote is at best tempermental and there is no "power" button, a simple feature I would expect for over $1000.00. In some detailed conversation with my dealer I was informed that some other Rega cd players were returned for other, similar problems. One had three bolts missing around the unit, not affecting it's amazing abilities. The other simply did not play cds, however, the problem was resolved quickly.
Even with these small issues, some obvious mishaps with quality controll, this unit works supurbly. Even in my trips to the dealer I have not considered returning it. In all it's beautifull and delivers amazing sound. I would not rule out checking out the Meridian or even Rotel.
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Reviewed by:
martin coyles
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
February 21, 2008Overall Rating
3 of 5
Value Rating
3 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
3.44 of 5,
9.00 votes
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Review 4 of 29
Price Paid:
$598.00
from hifix Summary:
having had the player a few weeks now i find the sound not all that fantastic
if you take all the reviews into consideration im always worried when players are said to have great detail this usually means the midrange is foward sounding which is what i find with this player however it does make a good job of well recorded music but abit bass shy with rock and soft to give the sound that edge i like so i would choose carefully bearing in mind the music one is listening to otherwise your going to be dissapionted Strengths:
good timing stereo image good female vocals very good
musical insight can be excellent at times Weaknesses:
struggles with rock music a bit foward sounding at times which makes you want to swicth off feels plasticky poor basic phono connectors feels cheap Similar Products Used:
roksan candy
cambridge
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Reviewed by:
RichhM
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
November 14, 2007Overall Rating
3 of 5
Value Rating
3 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
2.64 of 5,
11.00 votes
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Review 5 of 29
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
I was hoping this would be the CDP for me, right price, great reviews and the same make as my turntable. I had one on loan from a local high end audio store last weekend, it really sounded much better than my Rotel 951, very clean, piano really sounded realistic, pace of this unit makes my Rotel sound like it's running at the wrong speed. It would of been a done deal but please ! this thing looks like a $100 CDP from Best Buy, I'm not talking about the style of the unit, I'm talking about the cheap plastic face the feet that are pop rivited on, the irregular finish on the case and the flimsy jacks on the back.Maybe time for Rega to set up shop in China.
Strengths:
Great sound, very clean, detailed, great sense of timming Weaknesses:
All external parts Similar Products Used:
Cambrige 840c
Rotel 1072
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