Hi Folks,
I thought I'd start a thread for all those who love their CAL CD Players and DAC's.
I was fortunate enough to happen upon a "mint" California Audio Labs ICON MKII CD Player with the POWER BOSS UPGRADE on Ebay for $430 shipped.
I was looking at the Musical Fidelity A3.5 and the Rega Apollo but they would set me back closer to $900. I read a whole bunch of reviews and it sounds like I got something that plays pretty close to those two at half the price.
The big plus is I then just so happen to stumble upon a "NEW ORIGINAL PANASONIC Traverse Deck RAE0133Z"! So I now have a player and a replacement laser deck in case anything happens to it. Still waiting for delivery.... comon Fed-Ex!
I'm presently running a "vintage" Yamaha CDX-930, so I'm am anxious to see how they compare. More comments to follow.
For all of those who use the CAL's as a CD Reference, please chime in with any and all comments! :thmbsp:
Simply
I thought I'd start a thread for all those who love their CAL CD Players and DAC's.
I was fortunate enough to happen upon a "mint" California Audio Labs ICON MKII CD Player with the POWER BOSS UPGRADE on Ebay for $430 shipped.
I was looking at the Musical Fidelity A3.5 and the Rega Apollo but they would set me back closer to $900. I read a whole bunch of reviews and it sounds like I got something that plays pretty close to those two at half the price.
The big plus is I then just so happen to stumble upon a "NEW ORIGINAL PANASONIC Traverse Deck RAE0133Z"! So I now have a player and a replacement laser deck in case anything happens to it. Still waiting for delivery.... comon Fed-Ex!
I'm presently running a "vintage" Yamaha CDX-930, so I'm am anxious to see how they compare. More comments to follow.
For all of those who use the CAL's as a CD Reference, please chime in with any and all comments! :thmbsp:
Simply