Simply put, the Excel Sound team has delivered a masterpiece.
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"DS Audio’s made-in-Japan HS-001…machined from a solid billet of “ultra-duralumin”…features the sturdiest, most expensive-looking Litz wires I’ve ever seen on a headshell...precision-crafted...more luxuriously finished...DS Audio’s duralumin headshell sharpened focus and improved transparency…and...tighter timing.”
- Herb Reichert, Stereophile Magazine
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