Sub-$600 CDP For Transport and Some Player Duty?


I need some advice on CDPs. Here is my system:
- Project RPM 1.3
- MHDT Havana (w/Apple)
- Shanling T100
- Rogue Metis Mag
- Rogue Atlas Mag
- Zu cables & inters
- Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Sig Sys

I'm moving my Shanling to another system and need a $600 CDP to use as a transport w/Havana as well as a part-time CDP. I would like to get a CDP that is a good transport and sounds detailed and accurate; a detail-oriented CDP would be a good alternative to the Havana on certain recordings.

Some ideas:
- CA 740C (Used) - 840 is better but not happening at $600
- MF Xray (Used)
- Emotiva ERC2 (New) - No idea but interesting at price
- Rega Apollo (Used)

Stretches at $600
- MF M3
- Cary CDP1
- Marantz SA8004

Opinions or other ideas please?
j1bran
Rotel RCD-1072 -- a reliable and very good-sounding player, also fine as a transport. Much more user-friendly than the Apollo. I own one, and recommend it highly.
I had an X-Ray v3 and it started skipping within a year of purchase. Turned out it was an issue with the laser assembly and an extremely expensive fix. Don't know if it was just that unit but caveat emptor...
I owned the Rega Apollo for about 2 years and loved it. It stayed until it was replaced my their new DAC.

That being said, I wouldn't describe it as detailed or detail oriented. It eschews the last degree of detail and a few other hifi traits for rhythmic drive and overall toe-tappingness.

They can be a bit buggy in their software. They have a tendency to freeze up and stop taking commands if you get a little squirrelly with the remote. The music never stops playing during this, but that's part of the problem.

I love the Apollo, but I'm not too sure it's truly what you're looking for.
It's pretty good as s transport due to it's analyzing/disc optimizing scheme. I haven't used a ton of transports, so I'll defer to others.