replacement drive for Rega Apollo

I know, old thread. I tried this a couple years ago and it didn’t work because the round holder that holds the CD in place did not have the snap down pins. Some of these don’t, and some do.
And this is an easy repair if it works. But you need the correct version, and the correct pin count version.

The following person/ organization is the authorized repair person in the US.  He replaced the laser assembly on my Rega Apollo for about $250 or so two years ago.

Mr. Nick Gowan
True Sound
136 Kennedy Avenue
Campbell, CA 95008-4115
408-370-7578
gowan@tsound.com

Contact Rega for a consultation.
Also, Audio Concepts in Dallas TX can be of help as well.

I don't think anyone makes their own transports other than Esoteric.  Everyone else uses Sony, Phillips or Sanyo.  

I stand corrected thanks rar1 and sorry elader must have mis-remembered that was sure I read it in a review once. Good luck!

From the Stereophile review ...

The Apollo's transport, manufactured by Sanyo, is compliantly suspended from the upper portion of Rega's standard chassis of cast aluminum alloy. The D/A converter is Wolfson's top-of-the-line WM8740, a dual-differential chip that operates in sigma-delta mode and supports word lengths of up to 24 bits. The output section, which is said to apply class-A amplification to a digital source component in an entirely new way, is Rega's own design.

Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/606rega/index.html#rqjk8vrpB03xIkhr.99

elader pretty sure Rega makes their own drives, you should contact them or one of their  dealers.