Recommended Components 2023 Edition Stereophile Staff|Apr 1, 2023 DS Audio DS-E1 optical cartridge and equalizer: $2750 MF was not a fan of the original DS Audio optical cartridge, but he was impressed by this version. An elliptical stylus is attached to an aluminium cantilever and the DS-E1 tracks between 1.6gm and 1.8gm. MF wrote that the earlier version's "plasticky sound" was gone entirely, and the low-frequency balance was "in the pocket"not overemphasized. He added that even with its elliptical stylus, this optical cartridge was fast and remarkably transparent. The price includes the necessary equalizer module. (Vol.44 No.2 WWW
