Mine is an earlier one and I've had a few glitches that were very well explained by both my dealer and the US distributor -
CDRs and RWs written over 8x can have read problems. The manual states this. I burn at 8x and never had an issue.
When I spoke with the distributor, he told me Apollos are a bit suseptable to static electricity, like a lot of cable boxes are. When it builds up, it can create software glitches like not reading a disc, stuck on FF or RW, or will continuously play regardless of what's pressed. Hit stop a few times and the problem is resolved. If it keeps happening, unplug it overnight for a night.
Something is intentionally unshielded for improved sound quality. Its not a problem unless you're in a high static-electricity environment like the Northeast in February. My cable box needs to be unplugged and automatically re-boots once or twice during the winter, and my Apollo usually needs it around the same time. I've never had a problem when the humidity in the room is normal and there is no static electricity issues.
I have a lot of static electricity in my listening room during the winter, and have only had to unplug it 4 times in the 3 years I've owned it if my memory is correct. Sometimes the static electricity is so bad that I can see an arc when I touch the door knob in low light.
If I had any real problems and not just a rare annoyance, I'd have gotten rid of it. I wouldn't recommend it, no matter how good it sounded. Some people have gotten a bad Apollo. Every company has its share of defective equipment. Rega hasn't had any more than anyone else IMO. Their distributor is also very knowledgable and friendly. He's not James Tanner or Mike Pickett, but who really is?
