Rega Apollo vs. Cambridge Audio Azur 840c

Hello,
They are both outsatnding CD players and they both sound great.
I personally prefer the 840c, plus it has balanced outputs.
The Apollo has a warmer, alittle richer, and slightly more laid-back presentation. The Apollo does have a slightly wider soundstage.
The Cambridge is alittle more open, detailed, and dynamic than the Apollo, clearer on vocals, and has alittle better top-end extension, but not a huge difference.
The Apollo can become rather "slashy" in the treble with harsher recorded CD's, and the 840c does not.
They both require 200 + hours of burn-in to sound their best.
There is still not a huge difference between the two.
I prefer the front loading of the 840c, as opposed to the top loading Apollo.
Hope this helps alittle.

I just bought the 840c a couple of weeks ago.
Over the last 3 months I have owned the Onkyo DX-7555, Marantz CD5001, Marantz SA8001, Rega Apollo, Rega Saturn, but have sold all of them.
I prefer the 840c to any of them.
I just have not got around to updating my system [lazy I guess]!
I have not heard any other Cambridge players.