California Audio Labs – Icon Mk II CD Player - HDCD

I'm struggling to recall, as I had an Icon Mk I that I had upgraded to Power Boss. I'm tending to think Power Boss was not "standard" but my recall is very hazy on this. 

That said, while I thought the Icon was excellent 25 years ago, I probably would shy away from an Icon. The company us long gone and digital is much better now. Based on my experience, a Rega Apollo is a better sounding player than an Icon 1 or 2, with or without Powerboss. 

Just checked- power boss was an available upgrade- not standard 

1- an HDCD unit will have an HDCD indicator lamp on the front panel

2- to see if it's a power boss unit, pop open to he lid and see if there's a small piggy back PC board stuffed with capacitors above the main PC board. If there's a piggy back board, it's a power boss unit 

I have no current  xperience with the CAL IconHDCD Power Boss but I did own one years back. Sold it in 2001 and bought in its place a Meridian 508.24. The Meridian, which wasn't exactly new in 2001, trounced the CAL in every area except one- the CAL's bass was better. Can't imagine thar a CAL Icon would stack up well against a current $2000 to $3,000 digital front end