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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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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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patrickdowns
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dekay - I still have one too (since the late 90s!) and it sounds great, imo. It’s my backup, to a Rega which is excellent too. The CalAudio is very close in performance. I mostly stream now, with all my CDs ripped to a Roon server.
reubent
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I had a CAL Tercet mk III back in the day. It was the best CD player I had hear at that time. 

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jasonbourne71
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I have a CAL CD player I bought on EBay. The seller either didn't know or neglected to tell me it doesn't work. I put it aside until I get around to fixing it. So far I suspect the on/off switch as it won't turn on/light up.

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