Who remembers California Audio Labs?

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.

I remember - had CAL-15 cd player for many years.

It was an excellent sounding player - resolving, with deep bass and non-fatuquing sound.

I upgraded it to Sony 5400ES super audio player and cannot state that Sony sounded better with red book CDs. 

Great sound, but plagued by numerous quality control issues. After my fourth unit, I was done.

@bojack 

You have a point- I did have to have my Icon repaired a few times. 
Fortunately, almost all of my hifi gear has been trouble-free.