NEWS ARCHIVE
"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."
"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."
"Low output and outfitted with a Shibata stylus, the Mono MK II is a sonic beauty…luscious midrange and lower midrange with exceptional body and dimensionality…"
“The Hana SL MK II becomes the new low-cost overachiever, outdoing nearly everything the cartridge it replaces did so well.”
"Listening to other cartridges is like watching a Hi-Rez movie; listening to the DS Audio Grand Master EX is like going to a play." - Jon Valin, The Absolute Sound