California Audio Labs Icon Mk II; NOT POWERBOSS

Good player but very long in the tooth and CAL Audio Labs has been out of business for years. I would not buy it.

I had one (std issue) from ~ 1992-2005. It sounded fine for its day, but I did not find it hard to replace after it crapped out for the second time after I had it shipped out and repaired by an "expert" ~ 2 years earlier. I'm not sure I'd trust the reliability of these units in general these days given the age, plus the company is out of business.

If I were to go for a new CD these days, I'd probably first consider a second hand Musical Fidelity in the under $1000 price range in that I believe MF offers very high quality at very reasonable price.

I am still using a CAL Audio Labs ICON MkII (purchased in 1992) for my office system. It has worked faithfully all these years and has such a musical presentation that I have been very reluctant to replace it.

I also own CAL a Alpha / Delta 12 years old and has worked great since day one . I gave up a Theata Jade / DSP 2 D/A for the CAL eq. I liked the sound better . iI will go to a Mac computer hard drive system when the CAL EQ. dies but till then I really like the CAL EQ. Marc

I had the non-powerboss version back in '95 and then
had it upgraded with it. Never noticed any difference (thru
Apogee Stages). Nice player. About as good as a Meridian
508.24 that replaced it. Go for it.