The Rega Apollo with its fast and precise timing should be suited for all types of music. Best to audition. Its top loading design plus its disc analyzing (you just have to bear with a 2-3 second delay while it's "Initialising" your disc) to find the best algorithm for bit correction should in fact minimize loading/disc reading problems. I find it less picky than my previous Arcam CD player (i.e., discs that my Arcam rejected, the Rega could read). But if I were you, I would wait for the Audiolab cdp or DAC (makes better sense given the shift to music in media storage), it has garnered even better reviews. of course, at the top end (but still accessible - since there are even more outrageously priced cdp's and DAC's like the Moon and Wadia), my wish list is still any Bryston cdp.