DS-E1 Happy days with music I used to listen to it with DENON's station blur, so I used many types of MC, including the genuine DL-103. Since the DN-308F is equipped with an equalizer amplifier, there was no need to prepare an equalizer amplifier or preamplifier. MC listening with the equalizer of DN-308F is fun with this, but I still feel the age. Recently, I considered the introduction of DS-E1 on the occasion of converting SAEC's 407/23 to a pure straight titanium pipe. If you borrow an E1 listening device and listen to it, it will listen to only music while being more neutral than any cartridge you have ever heard. You have to be prepared for a considerable expense when upgrading the MC and phono equalizer amplifier, but the DS-E1 is a set of cartridge and equalizer, and this price is really surprising. It is difficult to make the sound into letters, but in the low range, the resolution or subduction is drawn properly, and when you listen to Bronberg's bass, you can understand the fingering and scale firmly rather than letting it be heard in the atmosphere. The drum solo at MJQ's pit-in live Rosary, and the repeated hits of tamtam, bass drum, and bass drum do not... view more
After some thought, I introduced DS Maste 1 when I started analog again. If you want high-quality sound with MC & Phonoiko, you will need to invest many times more. After the introduction of DS Master 1, the analog sound quality exceeded that of digital playback on dCS, and we had to replace it with the company's successor model. It is a sin-making product. I used a static elimination product from another company, but the effect of the ION-001 ionizer is outstanding, the SN is improved, and the amount of information and spatial reproducibility are significantly improved. The price is not cheap, but considering the effect, it can be said that it is an essential item.
I bought the DS-W2 two years ago. I've used many MC cartridges so far, but the W2 sounds quite different from those MC cartridges. It is a natural and realistic sound without coloring. The resolution is high, and it reproduces precisely and realistically from low to high frequencies, but the W2 does not feel the unique sound of the cartridge. With MC cartridges, there are characteristics depending on the range, and you can feel the unique coloring of the tone, but this W2 does not feel that tendency. The sound engraved on the record is reproduced with high freshness as it is. The sound is just natural and full of dynamism. Compared to SACD, it is not inferior in sound quality. When I realized that, I had to dispose of all the MC cartridges I had. Some of them cost hundreds of thousands of yen. I thought, "If you have this W2, you don't need anything else." I've been quite happy with W2 for the last two years, but recently I'm getting lost. I heard the high evaluation of GRAND MASTER released by DS Audio this summer. If you listen to GRAND MASTER, you will surely like it. It's not an easy price to buy, what should I do?
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2021/12/9 DS Audio factory tour video is released
2021/11/8 Stereophile DS003 review is released
Stereophile DS003 review
“DS Audio’s DS003 photo-optical cartridge with the matching energizer delivered the complete menu of elite cartridge perks including super-silky silences, taut, tuneful, textured bass, and a vivid, Leica focused midrange that no digital source could hope to match. Sincerely recommended.” Herb Reichert, Stereophile November 2021 Click here to read all review
2021/9/15 Hi Fi News review
Hi Fi News review
“The DS 003 shows emphatically how trickle-down technology benefits the customer, while maintain a pecking order. As close as it is to the mind-boggling Grand Master, enough differences ensure that the two can co-exist: the DS 003 is the more lively of the two, the Grand Master the more subtle. That said, if you can afford a Grand Master, buy it. If you cannot, the astonishing DS 003 will still blow your mind” Click here to read whole review
2021/8/9 Golden EAR 2021
Grand Master Cartridge Wins Two Golden EAR Awards!
“As I just said, the DS Audio Grand Master optical transducer comes closer to the sound of R2R tape than any other phono cartridge on the market.A Grand Master-piece” Jonathan Valin“It would be hard to think of anything grander, at least when it comes to LP reproduction, than the new DS Audio Grand Master. This superlative device truly represents a revolution in analog playback, liberating LPs, as far as possible, from any residual dynamic constraints to strut their stuff. ” Jacob Heilbrunn
2021/7/9 Grand Master review by absolute sound
“Ken Kessler said something he seldom says about products under re- view. To wit, this is possibly the best cartridge he’s ever heard. I hate to be a copycat, but…ditto.”
“The Grand Master is so truly supreme in resolution, transparency, spatial recreation, neutrality and any other parameter I can name that it’s impossible for me not say what I usually try to avoid: ‘This may be the best cartridge I’ve ever heard.’” Ken Kessler Hi Fi News 2021
“if you value sonic purity, supple textures, commanding bass reach, and impressive dynamic scaling, the DS-E1 will almost certainly tickle your fancy. Its transient fidelity, almost unparalleled quietude, and superb retrieval of low-level musical detail won me over. As I shared with Garth Leerer in a recent email, I am keeping the DS-E1 as my new reference. It represents shockingly good value in a world where five-figure cartridges no longer shock, and it sounds great.” All review is here.
2020/12/15 DS AUDIO MASTER 1 TAS 2020 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD
“The Master1 cartridge and Master1 equalizer are simply outstanding components, setting new benchmarks for vinyl playback in several areas (mechanical silence, neutral voicing, and midrange-to-midbass realism).” – Jonathan Valin (The Absolute Sound) All review is here
2020/7/13 Grand Master开始销售
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