Product Description
The new DS Audio DS E1 cartridge represents a breakthrough in pricing, offering the company’s optical pickup technology at a most reasonable cost.
Using the same design philosophy as DS Master 1 and DS-W2 and DS002, the DS-E1 scales back on some of the exotic parts while still offering many of the virtues heard in their far more expensive stable mates. The DS E1 employs the aluminum cantilever with an Elliptical stylus similar to those used in the more expensive DS Audio cartridges. The DS-E1 cartridge body is machined from aluminum and echoes the distinctive design of the company’s other models.
Small size, big performance, the DS-E1 equalizer employs an operational amplifier at the heart of its circuit, greatly reducing the number of components required. This also allows for a more compact form factor, around 1/3 the size of the DS-002 equalizer, whilst still offering the world leading performance you have come to expect from DS Audio.
Proudly manufactured in Japan, the DS-E1 features precision machined aluminum casework, an element it shares in common with its illustrious stable-mates. Each DS-E1 is manufactured by hand in DS Audio’s facility in Sagamihara City.
