Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I'm already in love with this cd player!! Don't listen to any of the reviews below complaining about a disc not being able to be played because of scratches. My cd's are, admittedly, in bad condition, and I've not had a single problem playing any of my nearly 100+ discs. I did an A-B comparison with this cd player to a very nice turntable setup and the details that this cdp picks up are astounding. I was floored that the turntable with a very expensive cart missed on a lot of important sonic detail and I would say that the Rega was every bit as warm & smooth but with no veil. absolutely stunned at the results and I would highly recommend anyonoe try this fantastic gear. I'm new to hifi, but I know what sounds good and this is a keeper. my absolute highest recommendation.

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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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.

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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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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

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