Well it must prove it because I have a puck #4 provided with models sporting Vam1250 and it won't fit over the spindle top I have in CDS3. Puck#5 (and 3 for Vam 1205) fits in my CDX which has 1205 and in CDS3 so CDS3 must have been already adopted for Vam1202. Correct me if I'm wrong because I didn't open any of the players yet.
That didn't last long. Same problem restarted, starts playing the disk and then randomly stops and can't read the disk. Maybe the solder joints where not complete or damaged something when removing the chips. Know it is not the laser as have swapped out with CDX and all is fine there. Wondering if I can somehow take the CD controller from CDX and put in CDS2, it is really a much better machine....Just wanted to say a big thank you, just went through the learning process of surface mount soldering and I have a working Cds2 after a year of mustering up the courage to give it a go, after Naim DE couldn't help. All a bit harsh after a couple of years in a box, but already starting to get its mojo back. It is a different beast from the CDX which was the stop gap. Thank you again!