"... I just hate it when I lift a record and static electricity also yanks the platter mat off my turntable. I hate it. I can sense Jeff rolling his eyes as he reads this for the first time."
"...the Umami Red represents one of the smartest “steps up” to the high end you can make in my opinion"
"What do you get for one-tenth the money? Well…just about everything that makes the Grand Master the benchmark that it is...This is just a marvelous transducer. It will certainly be my nominee for TAS Phono Cartridge of the Year.” - Jon Valin, The Absolute Sound
"—an LP lover could not put $6000 to better use than by purchasing an ES-001. It is a stroke of genius (and, quite appropriately, one of 2022’s TAS Products of the Year).” - Jon Valin, The Absolute Sound