Experience with DS Audio Optical Cartridge Systems

I am considering moving over to optical cartridge system. Wondering if any of y'all have had experiences you can share from using the system.

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mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 21,870 posts 01-22-2022 at 02:02am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Heard @lancelock’s optical cart setup the other day and yes it was quite stellar. When both analog and digital playback are done extremely well the sounds tend to converge. It was one of the best phonos I have heard. Piano dynamics on an especially good recording was most realistic sounding. Color me impressed! Technology taken to the next level!
fuzzypoodle Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4 posts 04-18-2022 at 09:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hi, I was wondering of the kind of tone arm that would be well matched to DS-003 ? TIA.
delm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 54 posts 04-19-2022 at 04:30am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have a DS-W2 cartridge and EMM Labs DS-EQ1 equalizer since November 2020. Clear with bass as good as digital. Most people use the DS cartridge in a pivoted arm (probably what they have) but I switched to a tangential (used Eminent Technology ET-2) because the skating force with a pivoted arm manifests as channel offset with the optical transducer. An unmentioned plus for the optical transducer is vinyl pops and ticks do not overload and clip as with magnetic transducers. It is because the optical transducer is amplitude sensitive where magnetic transducers are velocity sensitive.