We have published the first chapter of “DS Audio Story,” written by our founder Tetsuaki Aoyagi in his own words, about how DS Audio began.

This is not a polished company history. The day a Toshiba cartridge was opened under a microscope. The first prototype, soldered onto an off-the-shelf headshell. An equalizer built in a wooden box. The faint sound that could only just be heard with the amplifier turned all the way up. The photographs and footage were shot on a phone at the time, and we have used them exactly as they are. The soft focus and the shaky footage are the workbench of those days, unretouched.

From a single record, through the years that continued on the thought “if it reaches ten people, that is enough,” to our first product, the DS-001, in 2013. It is a side of DS Audio that today’s products do not show.

▶ DS Audio Story No.01 (PDF, English): [DS-Audio-Story-01-EN]
▶ Other languages (Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어): [DS-Audio-Story-01-Multilingual]
▶ Footage from those days (1:20): https://youtu.be/2RLSKsHh_xQ

DS Audio Story is a series in which we will share, little by little, the thinking and decisions behind our products. Your thoughts are welcome through our contact form.