The Absolute Sound’s annual Product of the Year Awards are the US audio magazine’s “most exclusive and prestigious of honours” which celebrate the world’s very best hi-fi components. To win one is impressive, while to win two is a rare accolade achieved only by truly world-leading tech.
Continue reading DS Audio scoops two Product of the Year 2022 Awards from The Absolute Sound
DS Audio’s state-of-the-art optical phono cartridges remain unique in the world of high-end audio, and continue to earn both rave reviews and top awards from specialist hi-fi media worldwide. Company CEO Tetsuaki Aoyagi recently visited the UK to chat about current developments – and ‘let slip’ an exciting announcement!
“After setting new standards of fidelity in the ultra-high end with his Product of the Year-winning $15,000 Grand Master optical cartridge, DS Audio’s ingenious Tetsuaki ‘Aki’ Aoyagi has turned his attention to the rest of us,” writes reviewer Jonathan Valin of the $2,500 DS 003.
DS Audio’s optical phono cartridges “have captivated the high-end since arriving in 2015” and “imitators have yet to emerge,” notes Kessler. Perhaps because the brand “has the very real advantage of being in the wing of a company with long experience in related optical devices.” Continue reading “Among the best yet”: Ken Kessler is “dazzled” by DS Audio’s DS-W3 optical cartridge in Hi-Fi News
The overall ‘wow and flutter’ (speed error) of your entire audio system cannot be significantly reduced unless the eccentricity of your vinyl records is corrected, says DS Audio. The company’s ES-001 is designed to address the problem by measuring, and then correcting, a record’s rotational stability. Continue reading “Turning the tables for good”: Michael Fremer puts DS Audio’s ES 001 Eccentricity Stabilizer to the test for The Absolute Sound
PRESS RELEASE: DS Audio’s inaugural optical cartridge, the ground-breaking DS-W1, was a genuine game changer when first launched in 2015. A year later, the brand announced the higher spec Master 1 and subsequently applied trickle-down technology to upgrade the ‘W’ model to the DS-W2. In 2020, a ‘third generation’ of optical cartridges was launched with the flagship Grand Master, from which trickle-down tech has again been applied to the ‘W’ model, to create the new DS-W3
PRESS RELEASE: Japanese audio phono cartridge expert DS Audio is recognised as a true innovator, so when the company turns its attention to audio accessories, we know to expect advanced technologies, remarkable results – and something a little bit different. Could vinyl be about to take another great leap forward?
Continue reading Another world first from DS Audio – the ES-001 ‘Eccentricity Detection Stabiliser’
Berkshire-based Sound Fowndations is the UK distributor for two Japanese brands that consistently appear in a raft of world-leading audio awards, and the TAS Editors’ Choice Awards are no exception. 2022 sees three Awards for DS Audio and six for Furutech.
Following excellent reviews in the October and November issues of Hi-Fi News and Hi-Fi Choice respectively, DS Audio’s latest third generational optical cartridge has added a further two awards to its collection.
With the DS 003, DS Audio delivers its third generation technology in a system one-tenth the price of its flagship Grand Master. “A master stroke,” writes Ken Kessler, in reviews for both Hi-Fi News and Hi-Fi Choice. Continue reading “Trickle-down technology at its finest”: Ken Kessler is “smitten” by DS Audio’s DS 003 pick-up
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