Micromega CD players? Any reliable models?


For some reason I've always been intrigued with their CD players and would like to own one in a second system at some point. I've done quite a bit of reading up on their CDP's and there are some real reliability concerns. The Stage series seems to have sold well but the transport and power supply failures have kept me from buying; how about the Leader, or Duo? Or??? Appreciate any inputs, Jeff
jeffloistarca
I own a Stage 6, which I purchased as an ex-demo unit some 5 years ago in UK. Within a few months, it started giving tracking problems and, being under factory warranty, was sent back to the factory in France to have the transport replaced free of charge.
Though occasionally it continues its quirks and fails to read discs I like it a lot and, with the arrival of my Capitole II, am using it in my second system.
Very smooth and detailed sound. The transport is the best part of it. At times, I use it with the Capitole DAC in my main system.

The DUO PRO line is definitely more reliable and better sounding. If I'm not mistaken Micromega were the subcontractor of the highly acclaimed Goldmun META LASER transports.
The Solo, Duo, Duo cd3, and the Trio, were all reliable (as far as I know). Certain Stages needed some kind of mod (factory supplied) & worked OK after... I had a Trio for some time; the transport was, indeed, excellent (& yes, the Trio was the basis for the Goldmund).
THE GOLDMUND META RESEARCH WHICH ARE MICROMEGA BASED UNITS ARE SUPERB.NO PROBLEMS!

I HAVE OWNED THE MICROMEGA DUO TRANPORT AND MICROMEGA SOLO CD PLAYER AND BOTH HAVE REFUSED TO PLAY CERTAIN CD'S.

FUNNY THING IS THAT BOTH UNITS REFUSED TO PLAY EXACTLY THE SAME CD'S.
If you like the "sound" of Micromega (I do) why not get one of their used dacs? There have been some problems with some of the Stage players and I think the only remaining places that will service Micromega are in Canada or France. While I have never owned any of their players and transports, I have had 2 of their dacs for years with no problems at all.
I have used a micromega stage 2 player for about eight years now and was astounded by the richness,clarity ,3-d sound stage,and sheer musicality(and still am),anyway micromega used the wrong type of lubricant on the transport,which dries out and causes tracking and no doubt reliability problems.All you have to do is clean off all the dried up lube then re-lubricate with something suitable,problem solved .So if you see one do not hesitate,you know what to do!