NEWS ARCHIVE

“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.”

We're excited to see so many analog products that we represent listed in this Stereophile Recommended Components 2021 Fall Edition.

“MAGNIFICENT”: KEN KESSLER IS “SMITTEN” BY DS AUDIO’S THIRD GENERATION DS 003 OPTICAL CARTRIDGE

"—if you are looking for cartridges in this price range and you don’t check out the Umami, you’ll always wonder if you made the right decision."

"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, TAS

"The Umami Red is the best-sounding cartridge to come from the Excel factory, and I've heard a number of them...the Umami Red provides deliciously enjoyable class-leading performance compared with cartridges in the same price range." Andre Jennings, The Absolute Sound | 2021 Golden Ear Awards