{"id":8661,"date":"2024-03-22T15:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hifibuys.com\/?p=8661"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:01:16","slug":"the-turntable-game-changer-ds-audios-optical-cartridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hifibuys.com\/the-turntable-game-changer-ds-audios-optical-cartridge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Turntable Game-Changer: DS Audio\u2019s Optical Cartridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A True \u2018Paradigm Shift\u2019 for the World of Analog Music\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

In our last blog post<\/span><\/a>, we wrote about how moving magnet and moving coil turntable cartridges work. While these have been the standard since the dawn of vinyl records and <\/span>turntables<\/span><\/a>, they\u2019ve never been a perfect system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Any audiophile knows that both moving magnet (MM) and moving coil (MC) cartridges offer their own trade-offs. Generally, MM cartridges are heavier, so they pick up less details. Meanwhile, MC cartridges feature lower electrical output, requiring heavy lifting from the phono preamp and leading to excess noise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But those have always been the only options\u2014until <\/span>DS Audio<\/span><\/a> released the game-changing, first-ever optical phono cartridge in 2015. Now in its third generation, the optical phono cartridge is <\/span>by far <\/span><\/i>the most significant advancement we\u2019ve seen in the turntable industry in decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So how does DS Audio\u2019s optical cartridge work\u2014and what makes it so much better? Let\u2019s dive in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: DS Audio: Creating the Future of Analog Music\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n