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
Hana ML - "Hana has a no-nonsense way of making cartridges that keeps the costs relatively low while preserving an unusually high level of performance, and we found that the ML was perfectly at home with some very expensive analog rigs."
Hana SL - "We called this LOMC from Japan a “killer sub-$1000 cartridge,” noting that it lacks any sort of pretense and is made for those who honestly love music".
Hana EH - "This is crazy inexpensive for such a high-quality Japanese cartridge"
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RECENT NEWS
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
Annual Analog Open House
Saturday, March 29th | Noon - 5pm
Audio Connection - 615 Bloomfield Ave in Verona, New Jersey.
Audio Connection in Verona welcomes Garth Leerer and Ken Bowers of Musical Surroundings on Saturday, March 29, from Noon to 5 pm for our 13th annual Analog Open House.
MARCH 9, 2025