“okay I’ll take you on a guided tour of DS Audio Grand Master Optical Phono Cartridge system. That’s right. I said optical phono cartridge. No magnets, no coils, no induction-generated signals. A mechanical transduction system that uses light to regenerate your LPs audio signal, and as a consequence, is considerably less massive, or lighter, as well! Come along and find out how – and why – it works, and what makes it the best phono cartridge I’ve ever heard.”

“The sound delivered by the DS Audio Grand Master system brings with it a true revelation. This transduction system delivers the most resolute, transparent, precise, and engaging LP playback experience ever delivered by any phono cartridge system, at any price, in my five-plus decades of enjoying records.

From the deep tranquility imparted by its suppressed noise floor, through its starkly candid and genuine revelation of tone, timbre, and texture, through its dizzyingly fast transient capabilities, to its remarkably subtle and persuasive presentation of resolution and transparency, the DS Audio Grand Master cartridge, energizer, and equalizer have forever reset my expectations and established a new and remarkable level of reality from LP playback. Now that I’m retired, I must balance and weigh my purchases very carefully. But I assure you, as soon as the realities of my finances allow, either the DS Audio Grand Master or Grand Master EX system will assume residency in my reference system.”

– Greg Weaver, The Audio Analyst

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