What can be considered the gateway to van den Hul's universe of infinite timbral richness and harmonic delicacy is an exclusive moving coil pickup cartridge made entirely by hand that assembles key elements of some of van den Hul's most emblematic models, specifically, the voice coils of The Grasshopper III and the front pole piece of the Grasshopper IV. Compatible with a wide range of tonearms, it is also available with voice coils with monocrystalline gold windings to provide extra resolution to the final sound. A unique pickup capsule in its class that will satisfy the most demanding.
Characteristics:
- Reference pickup capsule, low output and exceptional quality/price ratio, handmade to order.
- Moving coil (MC) design with single crystal copper or gold windings.
- 0.65 mV RMS output.
- Van den Hul needle Type 1S.
- Frequency response: 5 - 55,000 Hz.
- Imbalance between channels less than 0.3 dB.
- Internal resistance: 21 Ohm for the version with copper windings and 16 Ohm for the version with gold windings.
- Load impedance: 500 Ohm.
- Support force between 1.35 and 1.6 g.
- Weight: 8.2g.
