US audio magazine The Absolute Sound’s annual Editors’ Choice Awards highlight a selection of the world’s best-sounding hi-fi. German analogue pioneers Clearaudio feature strongly again in 2024, with some long-standing favourites and some newly upgraded classics.
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Clearaudio upgrades ‘Concept’ turntable package with new Concept Signature
PRESS RELEASE: How do you top a best-selling, multi-award winning turntable package that combines smart design, high-end performance, plug-and-play simplicity and affordability? Meet the Concept Signature, the newly upgraded edition of Clearaudio’s unbeatable Concept series.
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“Goose bumps”: Hi-Fi Choice reaps the benefits of Furutech’s DAS-4.1 balanced interconnect cable
Furutech’s DAS-4.1 top-of-range bulk balanced interconnect cable, alongside the brand’s DPS-4.1 power and DSS-4.1 speaker cables, offers a high-performance option for ‘DIY’ audiophiles seeking to create their own bespoke cable solutions.
Optical cartridges ‘go mainstream”: What Hi-Fi reviews the DS Audio DS-003
The message that optical phono cartridge technology can offer clear advantages over moving magnet and moving coil designs is finally ‘crossing the border’ from high-end hi-fi to more mainstream audio media, as What Hi-Fi discovers the superb performance of DS Audio’s DS-003.
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“A blessed miracle”: Ken Kessler is both shaken and stirred by DS Audio’s “close to flawless” Master 3 optical cartridge
Ken Kessler is no stranger to Japanese optical phono cartridge pioneer DS Audio, having reviewed almost the company’s entire range. However, the new ‘semi flagship’ Master 3 model proves to be “an even bigger disruptor than the [flagship] Grand Master EX”… an “event component” that’s “as close to flawless as any cartridge I’ve heard.” Continue reading “A blessed miracle”: Ken Kessler is both shaken and stirred by DS Audio’s “close to flawless” Master 3 optical cartridge
“Accessories are just as important as the main components” concludes Paul Rigby as he reviews Furutech’s NCF Clear Line signal optimizers
You may not know it yet, but no matter how much you’ve invested in your hi-fi system, if you’re a “doubting Thomas” when it comes to anti-noise accessories then your sound is being “swamped by parasitic noise” and “trapped under sonic rubbish”, writes Paul Rigby on webzine The Audiophile Man. Thankfully, effective solutions are available and, while the best ones may not be cheap, they come at at a fraction of the price of your beleaguered components. Continue reading “Accessories are just as important as the main components” concludes Paul Rigby as he reviews Furutech’s NCF Clear Line signal optimizers
DS Audio launches new PH-001: the best phono cable for high-performance optical cartridges
PRESS RELEASE: DS Audio’s optical phono cartridges have earned worldwide acclaim for their incredibly low noise floor and astonishing sonic performance. Now, designer Tetsuaki Aoyagi has turned his attention to creating the best possible phono cable for the ultimate optical cartridge performance.
Redefine your system: The Absolute Sound’s Buyers’ Guide goes above and beyond with Computer Audio Design’s GC1 Ground Control & Furutech’s Pure Power 6 NCF distributor
When it comes to hi-fi accessories, it pays to make smart choices. There are certain products, painstakingly developed by highly skilled audio engineers, which have the potential to transform the sound of your system so dramatically that you’d be forgiven for wondering if it’s the same system. US magazine The Absolute Sound singles out several such inventions in its 2024 Buyer’s Guide.
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Changing the analog game: The Absolute Sound’s Buyers’ Guide 2024 singles out the genius of DS Audio’s optical cartridges
Japanese innovators DS Audio launched their first optical phono cartridge onto the worldwide hi-fi stage back in 2013. Since then, designer Tetsuaki Aoyagi has continued to advance and refine the state of the art, achieving level after level of ground-breaking – and arguably peerless – sonic performance.
DS Audio replaces Master 1 optical cartridge with new third generation, ‘semi-flagship’ Master 3
PRESS RELEASE: DS Audio’s Master 1 optical cartridge was originally launched as the brand’s flagship model in 2016. Since then, flagship status has been justifiably captured by the peerless Grand Master and Grand Master Extreme models, featuring DS Audio’s ‘third generation’ of optical cartridge technology. Now, the Master 3 brings the brand’s third generation features down a price point, bestowing the new Master 3 with ‘semi flagship’ status.
David Denyer PR | The hi-fi specialist 