Van Den Hul Cables
Dutch maker founded in 1980 by A.J. van den Hul, a physicist who designed the stylus profile that carries his name. One of very few companies making both reference cartridges and cables.
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The physicist who redesigned the stylus
A.J. van den Hul is a rare figure in audio: someone whose work changed a category and is credited by name for it. Aalt Jouke van den Hul taught physics at Delft University of Technology, and the stylus profile that carries his name came out of extended computer analysis carried out there in the 1970s. The insight was to shape the playback stylus to imitate the cutter stylus that made the groove in the first place, which puts far more of the diamond in contact with the groove wall than a conventional elliptical, reducing wear and retrieving more of what was cut into the record. Goldring were the first to adopt it, and it is now used under licence and in variation by cartridge makers across the industry.
The company he founded in the Netherlands in 1980 does two things that rarely sit together. It builds cartridges by hand, at every level from accessible to reference, with the Colibri and Frog among the best regarded moving coils made. And it makes cables, using conductor materials including Linear Structured Carbon that behave differently from metal.
That combination gives the range an unusual coherence for anyone building an analogue front end, since the cartridge, the tonearm cable and the interconnect can all come from the same source and the same design thinking.
Van den Hul also retip and rebuild cartridges from other makers, which is worth knowing if you own something valuable that needs attention.
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The cable names are individual rather than tiered, so The First, The Wind and The Name sit at different levels without an obvious ladder. Cartridges are filtered separately.
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From£82.50Ex. VATThe MINISUB Hybrid typically has been designed as an active subwoofer cable. It is extremely flexible, and has an attractive cream colored jacket that blends easy in any interior. -
From£874.17Ex. VATThe MOUNTAIN is the mightiest of our 3T balanced interconnect range. No less than two .8 mm conductors, a thick L.S.C. layer, double screening and a dense Hulliflex jacket make this 11.3 mm thick cable a must-have for serious audio enthusiasts.
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Van Den Hul The Mountain Hybrid XLR to XLR Audio Cable PairSKU: Van Den Hul The Mountain XLR
From£874.17Ex. VATThe MOUNTAIN is the mightiest of our 3T balanced interconnect range. No less than two .8 mm conductors, a thick L.S.C. layer, double screening and a dense Hulliflex jacket make this 11.3 mm thick cable a must-have for serious audio enthusiasts. -
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Van Den Hul The Name 2 RCA to 2 RCA Audio Cable PairSKU: Van Den Hul The Name
(8 reviews)From£71.87Ex. VATVan Den Hul's The Name is a superb, highly versatile interconnect that can be used as an 2 RCA to RCA stereo cable, a digital coaxial audio cable or a composite video cable -
From£282.50Ex. VATThe ORCHID is characterised by its impeccable preservation of resolution, ambience and definition, its unbelievable reproduction of space and distance as well as its extremely natural, open and nonfatiguing sound. -
From£282.50Ex. VATThe ORCHID is characterised by its impeccable preservation of resolution, ambience and definition, its unbelievable reproduction of space and distance as well as its extremely natural, open and nonfatiguing sound. -
From£6,250.00Ex. VATThe PLATINUM HYBRID is the ultimate quality balanced interconnect. It is composed with finest ultra-pure solid platinum signal conductors and a platinum colored HULLIFLEX ® High Density jacket. -
From£274.17Ex. VATThe 3T The RIVER Hybrid is our entrypoint to get acquainted with our revolutionary new 3T (True Transmission Technology) conductor material. -
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Van Den Hul The Rock RCA Analogue Audio Cable PairSKU: Van Den Hul The Rock RCA
(2 reviews)From£407.50Ex. VATThe ROCK Hybrid is probably the best value for money interconnect we have in the program. The specific 3T (True Transmission Technology) qualities are present. -
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Van Den Hul The Rock XLR to XLR Audio Cable PairSKU: Van Den Hul The Rock XLR
(1 reviews)From£407.50Ex. VATThe ROCK Hybrid is probably the best value for money interconnect we have in the program. The specific 3T (True Transmission Technology) qualities are present. -
From£315.83Ex. VATThe 3T The SEA Hybrid is a coaxial (unbalanced) built interconnect, based on our True Transmission Technology. -
From£250.00Ex. VATThe SECOND ® renders an outstanding resolution and neutrality when used as an electrical instrument cable
