Who remembers California Audio Labs?

I had a CAL Tercet mk III back in the day. It was the best CD player I had hear at that time. 

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.

I believe the Adcom GCD-750 (still have as a backup) was a CAL design.  I have a schematic with their name on it.

I had the CAL Delta and Alpha combo. Very warm and musical, but resolution wasn’t its strength. I still have them, but I have to say that streaming through my Bluesound Node II is more resolving.
 

what sank CAL from memory was their movement into video. They had a tremendous universal player that was also extremely fragile. I bought two used that had the laser system broken in shipping, despite decent and original packaging both times.

I still have, and listen to, my pop's hand-me-down Aria CD player. Everything works fine, even the remote. 

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5oGQwprgkNY/maxresdefault.jpg

(The above image is not mine but is an example of the unit) 

Admittedly it doesn't get much use as all of my CDs are ripped but now and then I'll pop in a CD just to keep it limber. 

Happy listening.