“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
Jon Valin’s review in The Absolute Sound’s Analog Issue is subtitled "Setting a Standard—Again” and he concludes:
"This is a great cartridge...In his sterling review of the Grand Master in HFNRR, Ken Kessler said something he seldom says about products under review. To wit, this is possibly the best cartridge he’s ever heard. I hate to be a copycat, but…ditto."
Read the entire Absolute Sound review here.
RECENT NEWS
Promising ‘a new era of analogue sound’, DS Audio launches its first all-tube energiser/equaliser to partner its growing range of optical pick-up cartridges. Has it succeeded?
MARCH 12, 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