Van den Hul DDT-II Special

A moving coil cartridge, custom-made with a VDH type 1 diamond stylus, a boron cantilever, and silver coil wiring for an output level of 0.65 mV. The “Special” designation in this cartridge’s name indicates significant improvements over the previous version: the cartridge is equipped with a thicker front pivot and an additional small magnet, both of which increase its resolution capabilities and output voltage. The cartridge’s DDT acronym stands for Depth, Detail and Timbre.

Moving coil cartridge

• Stylus: VDH-I size; 3 x 85 µm
• Frequency response: 5 Hz to 50 kHz
• Tracking force: 13.5 to 15 mN
• Compliance: 28 µm/mN
• Tracking ability (at 315 Hz at 15 mN): 70 to 80 µm
• Output voltage (1 kHz at 5.7 cm/s): 0.65 mV
• Channel separation (1 kHz, 10 kHz): >35 dB, > 30 dB
• Channel balance: < 0.75 dB
• Stylus tip angle: 22°
• Equivalent stylus tip mass: 0.35 mg
• Weight: 8.2 g
• Coil resistance, per channel: 9 Ω
• Recommended load impedance: 200 Ω
• Recommended tonearm mass: 8 to 12 g