CD player laser replacement/repair CD2/CDX

[Nye]

Hi…This is not a current problem but a question to guide my choices.

I intend to get an Olive CD player and the 3 models in the frame are the CDi, CD2 and CDX.

I have been authoritively told that for the CDi, if I get one with a CDM4 laser mechanism can be repaired but the later models with a CDM9 laser mechanism can’t be repaired.

What is the situation regarding the CD2 or CDX players regarding repair or replacement of their laser mechanisms if they stop working.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[Martinzero]

CDX Transport: VAM1250 or VAM1205?

Hello. Does anyone know with certainty the type of transport that an original Naim CDX uses? (It’s a CDX, not a CDX1). I heard two different answers from two reputable sources, and I presume the models are not interchangeable. My attempt to resolve the skipping problem with a new puck failed. The transport is balking at my amateur attempts to remove it, so I am waiting for the experts, who are closed due to virus. Meanwhile, I am trying to source an OEM replacement. Thank you, if you know and…

[Nye]

CDM12.5 / VAM1205 I believe.