Theta Data II good transport?

It has a great and detailed sound but to get it serviced is a pain and $$$. It takes a long time to find a first track on CD but if you're patient you won't pay attention to that.
It's heavy and operates with minimal errors(jitter) and doesn't need extra-tweaking. You might get dissapointed on the bad recorded CDs since they will sound worse.

you hit it on the head w/reliability issues and arm and leg cost for repair. i own one with the well known door open/close issue...I got mine with that glitch for $250 though.....on the positive side, it has increased my hand/eye coordination skills, and hand speed, while trying to drop in a cd before the drawer closes.

Don't rush onto $$$digital components when you can get loads of music from Micromega stage... even if you get an integrated player instead of transport it will still make a sence to use it as a transport since transports in Micomegas are excellent.

Does Micromega have a newer player out I thought they have not made a player in about 5 years?

You're right they don't have any new player but if there is a chance to get used one for a-little(range of $300) you won't regret.