"Listening to other cartridges is like watching a Hi-Rez movie; listening to the DS Audio Grand Master EX is like going to a play." - Jon Valin, The Absolute Sound
JULY 30, 2025
“The E3 phono pickup is a reference-caliber component. The areas in which it excels, even when it is not by much, it does so at a level that advances the state of the art…It is a great cartridge and now one of my principal references for what is possible in the ever-developing and renewing world of analog and vinyl.”
-Paul Seydor, TrackingAngle.com
Read the entire review at TrackingAngle.com.
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“Throw in a spirited mono cartridge, like Hana’s new SL Mono MK II, and you’ll be living like Frank Sinatra. Highly recommended.”
JULY 1, 2025
Garth Leerer, Ken Bowers, and Chris Thompson from Musical Surroundings will be at AXPONA this year, along with Robert Suchy and Stefan Kmuch from Clearaudio, Tetsuaki Aoyagi of DS Audio, and Hiroshi Ishihara from Hana.
This year, we have new products from AFI, Clearaudio, DS Audio, and Hana.
As always, it is an honor to present them with Quintessence Audio LTD, Chicago, Illinois.
MARCH 12, 2025