This is one of the best-sounding cartridges I have kept for years.
Van den Hul GRASSHOPPER II Phono Cartridge
This cartridge is in very good operational and cosmetic condition, the sound is detailed, fast, and dynamic, stylus still sharp, cantilever and suspension is also in excellent condition and has been stored for many years.
Asking price is $1780, negotiable within reasonable range, please feel free contact with me.
Golden Ear Award: Van den Hul The GRASSHOPPER II
The magazine’s comments: First, reflecting its position in the audio chain, is the van den Hul Grasshopper II phono cartridge. The most impressive thing about A.J. van den Hul’s top-of-the-line cartridge is that it is so splendidly balanced. It provides a broader and deeper overall performance envelope than any cartridge (and almost any other component of any kind) in my acquaintance. Nothing downstream will ever have an excuse for less-than-optimal performance if a properly set-up Grasshopper II is interpreting the source material. Tonal balance is as neutral as the best tube electronics and the cartridge is utterly devoid of grain. The one aspect of its performance that calls itself to your attention is a stunning portrayal of dynamics, both micro and macro. No overworked audio cliché does not apply. The Grasshopper never becomes confused, regardless of the force of the crescendo, and remains able to sketch the most minute of details in a strikingly lifelike way.
The Grasshopper is also able, when paired with sufficiently excellent amplification and speakers, to suggest not only that the physical space of the recording environment is present, but to delineate the size and the shape of that space. If, as HP has noted, space is the next audio frontier, the VdH goes where no others (that I have heard) have gone before. Paul Bolin
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Specifications: Cartridge Type GRASSHOPPER II Stylus Shape VDH - IS Stylus Radii 2 x 85 Micron Frequency Range 5 - 65.000 Hz Tracking Force 1.3 - 1.4 g Static Compliance 35 Micron / mN Tracking Ability at 15 mN at 315 Hz 70 - 80 Micron Output Voltage at 1 kHz at 5.7 cm/s eff. 0.65 mV RMS Channel Unbalance < 0.25 dB Channel Separation at 1 kHz/10 kHz >30 / >27 dB Equivalent Stylus Tip Mass 0.32 Milligram System Weight 8.6 Gram Vertical Tracking Angle 22 Degrees. Recommended Load Impedance > 500 Ohm Recommended Eff. Tone arm Mass 6 - 10 Gram Moving Coil Resistance (per channel) 25 Ohm
This cartridge comes with original wood box, noise test record paper and screws.
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