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In Reply to: Rega Apollo Quirks and Software Bugs posted by Champion on November 11, 2006 at 01:28:44:
Where did you get the idea that the player crashed?
I don't recall that ever being mentioned, I did read about turning it off and on again to cure a problem, I suppose that is re-booting but this is a CD player not a computer!
The Apollo is the best player for the money available. It out performs many players costing a lot more.
It has just been voted player of the year in its class by HiFi Choice magazine in the UK. (The Saturn won its class too).
There have been some software mods and there were some problems with early models. The player has been available in the UK for about a year now. There has been nothing like the number of posts on any UK forum about problems with the Apollo as there has on here.Most of the alarmist posts I have read on here have not come from owners, and those that have are not getting rid of their players!
I owned an Apollo for 8 months and the only reason I haven't got it now is that I own a Saturn.
The Saturn does totally lock out the controls until it finishes initializing btw.Why don't you demo the player, try the control system but above all listen to it!
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Well, I am going to listen to it soon at the dealer and may take it home for a home trial if allowed. I am not against Rega at all and I am actually interested in the Apollo myself. Just that I am surprised how tolerant audiophiles are on software problems. And I just wonder why Rega didn't prevent this kind of problems happening in the first place (it is easy to detect and prevent), but leaves it to the user to make sure it runs properly.I just want to know how serious the problems actually are, because I would like to get a trouble free player that last 10 years, not a good sound player that only work for 1 year!
Rega fixed the initial problem with the Apollo and if you purchase an Apollo now it will function exactly like it's supposed to. The initialization process takes seconds (4-8 sec depending on the cd in my experience) so you need to be just a wee bit patient before you push the play button. If you can't wait for more than 4 seconds you shouldn't buy this cd player.Tom
PS: The Rega Apollo does NOT have a problem. It doesn't crash if you're impatient. But if you ARE impatient, this may not be the cd player for you. It'll bug you every time you wait for it to initialize.
That's great, A few seconds is not a problem for me at all. Thanks for your info.
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