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Who remembers California Audio Labs?

CAL certainly made a big splash in the early days of digital. I owned an Icon for a number of years and enjoyed it so much that when Power Boss was announced I had my Icon upgraded to a Power Boss. And then California Audio Labs was bought out and disappeared. Not overnight but from the perspective of time, it seems so. Anyone else wonder what could have been the company’s future had their trajectory followed a different path? 

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jwei
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I had a CAL CL-10 5-disc CD player.  The transport carousel design was not robust and it broke twice.  I sent it back for repair the first time but I junked it after the second time.  Despite the mechanics, the sound was good; I felt bad about saying goodbye.

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dekay
5,556 posts
 

I'm still running an Icon MkII.

 

DeKay

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tubegb
190 posts
 

I'm still running and enjoying a Delta transport/Sigma II DAC (24/96) combination in a secondary system. 

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audioman58
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I had the cal audio labs combo , at the time when much digital was not that good 

these guys were great for the money .

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cey
270 posts
 

i see the sigma and  alpha DACs for sale every time i visit used sites. might be the same two.

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