What's up with the Rega Apollo CD player?

That must explain why I thought it was so freakin slow in going about playing music after I inserted a CD when I spent some time with it!

I owned the Apollo when it first came out.  It was one of the first players that would put the first 10 seconds or so of a track in a memory and the scan it for errors before playing it.  Unfortunately it rejected a slew of discs that played fine on other players even after they had been cleaned to exacting standards.  The shop I was dealing with wouldn’t take it in trade due to this, saying that customers were complaining about it.

@mahler123 , @oldaudiophile ,

Because the Apollo is inexpensive and is a capable transport. 

B

+1@oldaudiophile 

And then not have to worry about parts being discontinued 

@hodu Why not just buy a good dedicated transport?

Rega Apollo's were always going on sale, even when current.

Now that it is discontinued, I bet you can score one for almost nothing.

It is a good transport, and I doubt you'd have any issues with it. At that price, you can just buy another.

bob

I don’t know what equipment you have, but if you have a decent streamer and DAC, why not just rip the CDs and play from a hard drive or server?

Rega isn't making the Apollo any longer.  Just reach out to the company and ask them if there will be issues with repairs/parts; no one here is likely to know.