Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat but our wallets and purses seem to be travelling in the opposite direction. Paul Rigby wanders into the realm where two digits rule…
The new third generation DS003 cartridge features a re-designed optical system This design is an optical cartridge – which is a bit different from the usual moving coil or moving magnet…
Anti-static device looks to remove static ‘on the fly’, as it where As its name suggests, the ION-001 emits a combination of positive and negative ions. It does this in a…
Normally, a single vertical pin is utilised on the upper side of the connector, resulting in, “…uneven pressure between the arm and the headshell,” said the company. The HS-001 features both…
The new DS-E1 features the same optical-mechanical system and wire-suspended cantilever as the flagship DS Master 1, as well as the midrange DS-W2 and the DS-002 but instead uses an aluminium cantilever…
Want to clean your turntable’s stylus, effectively? So does Paul Rigby which is why he’s looking at the DS Audio ST-50 It’s a basic job. Many people do it badly. Before…
Cartridge specialists, DS Audio, upgrades it’s older DS-W1 to shiny new DS-W2 The new DS-W2 is a direct replacement for the DS-W1 which will now be phased out Made in Japan, the…
Japanese optical cartridge outfit, launches its first audio accessory, the ST-50 stylus cleaner The ST-50’s cleaning pad is made from a transparent urethrane resin that was, “…developed for semi-conductor engineering cleanrooms.…
A new cartridge system design from DS Audio that offers a smaller and lighter equaliser/power supply We don’t know a great deal about the new design but we can compare a…
DS Audio’s new flagship, the Master 1, uses a Micro-ridge stylus in place of Shibata and a sapphire cantilever rather than boron A duralumin body is joined by an enhanced…
DS Audio has introduced the DS-W1 optical cartridge with a pure analogue contact system that uses a conventional stylus and cantilever. In contrast to moving-magnet (MM) and moving-coil (MC) cartridges, which…