Van Den Hul Colibri XGP Moving Coil Cartridge

As a result of phono cartridge builder A.J. van den Hul’s continuous research into improving his phono cartridge designs our top model “The Colibri” has seen the light of day.

The Colibri is the improved successor to our Grasshopper “Beauty” series of phono cartridges where many building components have been removed in a highly successful quest to return to the plain essence of phono transduction.

The result is an unbelievably straightforward sounding “clean and open” design, in all its aspects bearing much resemblance to the “Colibri” named tropical bird’s swiftness, elegance and beauty; Hence the cartridge’s name.

Specifications

stylus shape VDH – IS

stylus radii 2 x 85 Micron

frequency range 5 – 65.000 Hz

tracking force 13.5 – 15 mN

see (*3)

static compliance 35 Micron/mN

see (*3)

tracking ability 70 Micron

output voltage

a) 0.22 mV RMS

b) 0.30 mV RMS

c) 0.38 mV RMS

channel unbalance < 0.5 dB

channel separation

> 35 / > 30 dB

stylus tip mass 0.24 Milligram

system weight see (*4)

vertical tracking angle 22 Degrees

load capacitance see (*2)

load impedance

a) 500 – 1000 Ohm

b) 500 – 1000 Ohm

c) 500 – 1000 Ohm

eff tone arm mass see (*3) + (*4) + (*5)

moving coil resistance

a) 21 Ohm +/- 10%

b) 96 Ohm +/- 10%

c) 36 Ohm +/- 10%

Extra info (* 3): Versions optimized for lower tracking forces can be built on special request. These have a higher static compliance. (* 4): W, P, M and A type suffix: A Pau amarello or Koa wooden body. Total cartridge weight is 6 gram. Suitable for arms with an effective arm mass of 10g to 16gram. The wooden bodied version carries the -W suffix in its name. - A regular carbon-nylon plastic body. Total cartridge weight is 6 gram. Suitable for arms with an effective arm mass of 8gram to 14gram. The plastic bodied version carries the -P suffix in its name. - A metal body. Total cartridge weight is 7 gram. Suitable for arms with an effective arm mass of 10gram to 14gram. The metal bodied version carries the -M suffix in its name. - An amber body. Total cartridge weight is 6 gram. Suitable for arms with an effective arm mass of 10g to 16gram. The amber bodied version carries the -A suffix in its name. (* 5): The cartridge has been optimized for an EFFECTIVE tone arm mass of 11 - 12 gram. Heavier arms CAN produces tracking and resonance problems and arms with an effective mass exceeding 16 gram WILL CERTAINLY! Please note that an extremely short cantilever and high tracking ability and heavy arms.