California Audio Labs – Icon Mk II CD Player - HDCD

CAL's 5CD Changer had a bad reputation and was buggy. The later generatons of the new PowerBoss HDCD ICON mkII have always been solid. CAL got lots of practice initially modifying older ICONs and perfected the process that resulted in thier flagship ICON mkII HDCD PowerBoss; I was an authorized dealer of this line for some time and never had a return. The carousel changer was a different story.

Even today this pimped-out version of the ICON is competitive and holds its own against newer one-piece players. I am only selling mine because I graduated to building a JRiver based music server with a $2,000 external DAC. I stored the ICON carefully as a collectors item, but its time for one of my Audiogon brothers to enjoy it now.

Thx for the info on ID'ing the unit.

BTW, I've used mine for many years with no problems ever.

Great info on this cd player- guys.

I confirmed mine has the PowerBoss pcb -- it seems about as good as an Oppo 103