Rega Apollo as transport

[stevebrock]

Would there be anything to be gained in swapping my Marantz CD6004 transport for a Rega Apollo to be used with my Rega DAC.

it is quite a big investment for which would probably be a very minor improvement, or will it improve?

I guess the only way is to home demo one but just getting opinion to see if its even worth a demo!

 

[stevebrock]

On second thoughts I don't think I will be bother the itch isn't big enough!

 

[cse]

Does the Marantz sound much better through the Rega DAC, raher than stand-alone?

 

[stevebrock]

Does the Marantz sound much better through the Rega DAC, raher than stand-alone?

Crikey yes it does beyond belief, didn't think it would change that much but it's definitely like night and day!

 

[spockfish]

I'm considering the same thing. I don't have a CD player at the moment, and although I really like the Squeezebox I've got a rather big CD collection and I wanted to have 'my last CD player' to be able to at least play them.

And possibly I'm one of the very few who actually thinks that the Rega's look nice 🙂

 

[stevebrock]

Your not, I love the look of my Rega Brio R & DAC sitting side by side, my RP1 on the shelf above and my piano black RS1s

 

[Jonesiani]

Can I ask, what differences is one listening for when using a CD player as a transport, with a separate DAC?

I ask because I happen to have a Beresford Caiman lying around, and I wonder whether the Beresford DAC is better than the DAC inside my cd6004?

 

[stevebrock]

I doubt the breresford DAC would improve what already is a very good CDP, why don't you try it.... However think you need to spend more to get an improvement over the Marantz.

 

[plastic penguin]

Your not, I love the look of my Rega Brio R & DAC sitting side by side, my RP1 on the shelf above and my piano black RS1s

Although I think the Apollo-R CDP looks too stealthy for my taste. Much prefer the quirkier look of the original.