Yamamoto Soundcraft

Yamamoto Sound Craft Corp.

Yamamoto headshells and accessories feature outstanding build quality and a wide selection of materials. These headshells offer a wide range of options for optimizing characteristics such as effective mass and resonance. They are perfectly compatible with tonearms from decades past, such as SME, Fidelity Research and Jelco, as well as modern tonearms, including Groovemaster, Sorane, Glanz and Ikeda.
For over two decades, the Japanese manufacture Yamamoto HiFi equipment and accessories. The company received special recognition and positive feedback for its headshells, for which it is mainly known. Over the years, Yamamoto San-san has researched and used various materials. It started with the Yamamoto HS-1A blackwood headshell and soon expanded to include the HS-3 headshell made of Japanese boxwood. After a few years, successful experiments with materials such as carbon and titanium followed, leading to the introduction of the HS-4 Carbon and the HS-5 Titanium headshells. The titanium headshells were finally rounded out with the HS-6 headshell, which includes a Teflon-bearing SME bushing and already comes with BT-1 headshell screws.

The combination of precise craftsmanship and a wide range of materials enables Yamamoto Sound Craft Corp. to produce high-quality audio products that exceed audiophile expectations. The company's headshells and accessories are highly regarded in the audio world and are appreciated by music lovers and audiophiles who place the highest value on sound quality and precise reproduction.