"...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."
AUGUST 13, 2025
HIGH END Munich 2023
Thursday, May 18th - Sunday, May 21, 2023
Come visit Garth and Ken in the High-Fidelity Studio rooms (Atrium 4.1 First Floor F126/127) and meet Tetsuaki Aoyagi-san, president of DS Audio. The new Musical Surroundings Phonomena III, DS Audio Master 3 system, DS Audio Grand Master EX cartridge, and the DS Audio PH-001 phono cable will be on display in F126.
Gerald Jakob of High Fidelity Studio and his family host an authentic German cafe in F127, so stop by for a beer, fresh pretzels, and some brats.
If you are in Munich, we hope to see you there.
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"An upgraded version of the original and widely hailed Grand Master optical cartridge, it offers a rarefied experience, one not subject to the usual limitations of vinyl playback. Instead, it ascends to lofty Everest-like peaks of musicality that more fully access the hidden treasures buried in the black grooves of an LP."
AUGUST 7, 2025
"Sonically, the III has a wider dynamic window, lower noise, greater headroom, gain, transparency, detail, and resolution, with a new-found impression of roundedness, dimensionality, and density of tone and body."
AUGUST 7, 2025