FS: Rega Apollo-R CD Player

[ReggieB]

Rega Apollo-R CD player for sale. I'm looking for £250 + P&P

The player is in good condition and I have the original packaging, manual and remote control. I brought it from new.

It's a nice little top loading player, but it has been back to Rega twice since I purchased it in Jan-2014, and I will include the service docs from Rega.

The play received a 4 start review from What Hi-Fi (https://www.whathifi.com/rega/apollo-r/review)

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[LoneStar]

Hi there,
What work was done by Rega? Feel free to pm me.
Thanks

[ReggieB]

Rega Repair Notes - work carried out

Mar-18: Changed CD Mech.
Aug-20: Resoldered 42/43/44/46/47/48/413/414

I was charged for the first repair as the player was out of warranty. The second repair was free of charge. Rega's service has been excellent.

The fault each time was similar - it started to struggle to play tracks occasionally, which steadily got worse.

The player is working fine now, but I've decided to go for a dedicated transport (I have only ever used the Rega as a transport), something I was considering doing before the latest fault appeared.

I am amazed at how much better this player sounds as a transport to either my office system Sony CDP-XB920 or my Pioneer BDP-LX55 Bluray player. The clarity of detail is obvious, but also the way it brings strands of music together so that they sound part of the same piece rather than discordant interruptions as the Pioneer tends to. Music played via the Rega is so much more alive than via the Sony - mainly in that instruments are defined more clearly and separate from each other.

It replaced a TEAC VRDS-7 with to my ears no loss in sound quality.

I am happy to consider offers considering the player's history.

[ReggieB]

Price drop to £200 + P&P or make an offer.

[ReggieB]

Now sold

[BDD]

I’ll be putting up for sale a nearly new Audiolab transport if you are interested. Had about 3 hours use.


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[ReggieB]

I'm afraid I've already bought a replacement Audiolab transport.

[BDD]

I'm afraid I've already bought a replacement Audiolab transport.

They’re great transports - only reason I’m selling is I’ve bought a streamer.


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[ReggieB]

I have a very good streamer, but I still like playing CDs, and they sound very good with the transport and my PS Audio DAC.

[BDD]

I have a very good streamer, but I still like playing CDs, and they sound very good with the transport and my PS Audio DAC.

Yes, I’m really struggling to decide as to whether to keep CD capability, I’ve a collection built up from the mid 80s. I will certainly keep several of my favourite artists....


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[ReggieB]

I've got a lot of albums on my NAS and have got to the point where I find it quite hard to browse. My experience is that when you get into the hundreds, it's actually easier to browse and find physical albums than it is to do so electronically. If you know an album or track by name the virtual search wins hands down. But when I'm not really sure what I want to play next, then scrolling through pages of album covers a dozen of so at a time is slower than looking through a draw/shelf of albums. And I like to listen to albums, not individual tracks. So I find CD a convenient media. And I think the sound of my CD system is just as enjoyable as my streaming system.

This means whether new music goes into my collection as files or CDs (or LPs) depends on the easiest purchase option and how quickly I want them. For a large part I've stopped ripping CDs.

[BDD]

I've got a lot of albums on my NAS and have got to the point where I find it quite hard to browse. My experience is that when you get into the hundreds, it's actually easier to browse and find physical albums than it is to do so electronically. If you know an album or track by name the virtual search wins hands down. But when I'm not really sure what I want to play next, then scrolling through pages of album covers a dozen of so at a time is slower than looking through a draw/shelf of albums. And I like to listen to albums, not individual tracks. So I find CD a convenient media. And I think the sound of my CD system is just as enjoyable as my streaming system.

This means whether new music goes into my collection as files or CDs (or LPs) depends on the easiest purchase option and how quickly I want them. For a large part I've stopped ripping CDs.

That’s an interesting observation, will certainly make me think further about what I do. I did consider ripping all my CDs to a NAS, but may well just keep the player. Storage really isn’t an issue. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. [emoji106]


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