Review: Michael Fremer on the DS Audio ES 001 Eccentricity Stabilizer – Turning the Tables for Good?

DS Audio’s ES 001 Eccentricity Stabilizer uses lasers and computer control to read record grooves in real time to help you center even slightly eccentric records to remove even the smallest traces of “wow” on your records. Once correctly centered whatever residual “wow” you hear is either from your turntable, the mastering lathe or even the tape playback machine. Using the device (as you’ll see) is actually a form of analog “fun”. The ES 001 costs around $6000 so it’s clearly not for everyone but it is for those who can afford it who listen to a great deal of classical music and especially for those who have collectible records that are marred by groove eccentricity.