Van den Hul MC One Special MC Cartridge

Van den Hul MC One Special MC Cartridge

A classic hand-made moving coil pickup system with vdH type 1 needle grinding, boron needle carrier, and long crystalline silver wire coils and 0.65mV output voltage with a DC impedance of 12 to 14 ohms.

The MC One Special is a selected variant of the MC-10!

The system has a thicker front pole and extra small magnets. Both measures result in increased resolution and increased output voltage.

Specifications

• needle grinding; VDH type 1
• Output voltage: 0.65mv/channel
• Needle carrier material: Boron
• Coil material: silver
• Housing material: aluminum
• Break-in time: 50 hours
• compliance: 28 micron/mN
• Product family: DDT, MC 10 special, MC Two, Frog, Frog Gold
• Version: Closed housing
• Scope of delivery: wooden box with individual product features and product code, headshell spirit level, mounting screws
• Special feature: Handcrafted – Fair service – Can be repaired even after decades
• Upgrades: none
• Sound description: Powerful, dynamic, good spatiality, closed sound, good fine detail
• Music genre recommendation: All-rounder with recommendation for rock, pop, jazz
• Tracking force: 1.5g-1.35g
• Tip: If the cartridge is new (or has been serviced and received a new damper), start with increased tracking force of approx. 1.6g and then reduce this to 1.35g after the break-in process. Since each pickup is custom-made, it is always worth finding the individual setting.
• Antiskating value: maximum 0.6
• Testability: 70 – 80 microns
• Channel separation: >35/>30dB
• System weight: 8.2g
• Vertical scanning angle: 22 degrees
• Rec.eff. Tonearm mass: 8-12 g
• Connection resistance: 200 ohms
• Channel imbalance: <0.5dB
• Coil resistance: 9 ohms +/-10%
• Frequency response: 5-50,000 Hz