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DS AUDIO GRAND MASTER EX | 2025 PHONO CARTRIDGE OF THE YEAR

PRESS  |  POSTED AUGUST 7, 2025

"An upgraded version of the original and widely hailed Grand Master optical cartridge, it offers a rarefied experience, one not subject to the usual limitations of vinyl playback. Instead, it ascends to lofty Everest-like peaks of musicality that more fully access the hidden treasures buried in the black grooves of an LP."


Read about it at TheAbsoluteSound.com

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