"...the optical cartridge offers a more open, dynamic, pacey and detailed sound, delivering excitement and energy while capturing subtle nuances in the mix and individual musicians’ contributions."
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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?
"For starters, the TB-100 was audibly more open, separating the music so deftly that zooming in on each voice was rendered almost too easy. It did this without expansion to the point of overkill..."
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