“While we’ve grown used to a parade of game-changers in digital audio, analog is a different story,” writes Jonathan Valin in the April issue of US audio magazine The Absolute Sound. “There haven’t been many radical developments in the world of vinyl”… until, that is, DS Audio’s reinvention, and ongoing envelope-pushing, of the optical cartridge. The DS-W3 is the latest such example. Continue reading “A revelation”: The Absolute Sound reviews DS Audio’s DS-W3 optical phono cartridge →

“Name another recent technological advance that has changed the audio scene as much as DS Audio’s optical cartridges have. If you can’t, that’s because there is none,” says US hi-fi magazine The Absolute Sound. Moreover, the company just keeps on innovating, enhancing its offerings with technology trickled down from its top-of-range masterpieces.   Continue reading DS Audio’s innovative optical cartridges and accessories earn Five Editors’ Choice Awards 2024 from The Absolute Sound →

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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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 →