"DS Audio’s made-in-Japan HS-001…machined from a solid billet of “ultra-duralumin”…features the sturdiest, most expensive-looking Litz wires I’ve ever seen...”
- Herb Reichert, Stereophile Magazine
OCTOBER 23, 2024
"The Umami Blue is the least expensive cartridge I’ve heard that does most of the things that the big high-end cartridges do… And that is about the highest praise that I can give a cartridge...I mean, if you’re paying attention, you know that you can spend $8000 or $9000 on a moving coil cartridge and even more on phono preamps. So, from that perspective, the Umami Blue offers great value."
— Tom Martin, The Absolute Sound
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