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Audio Dropping Out on Rega Apollo and Saturn

I borrowed a Rega Apollo and Saturn for home audition from my local dealer.

On both CD players, I experienced audio drop outs from some of my CDs as they were playing. I noticed that these CDs did have some minor scratches, but nothing major. When I would play these same CDs on my Jolida JD100 CD player, I never experienced these problems.

Are there any Rega Apollo or Saturn owners that have experienced this problem with some of their CDs? It seems like to me that Rega does not have a very good error correction system as the laser scans the CD. So if you do happen to have some CDs with scratches, it could hinder an otherwise pleasant listening experience.

If there is no clear explanation or work-around for this, then I have no choice but to remove these players from my consideration.
wkass

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djzouke
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I own a Saturn that I bought here. It is now starting to act up more. Initialization is slower and "disc empty" shows up more often. All cd's are factory burned. It has been very humid here in the Northeast and I thought that this may be the cause.

@1kitch
Where are the laser tracks that you lubricated? how do I identify them?

@stevea
I can see the laser sled. You just moved it and didn't lubricate it?
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