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Van den Hul is Europe's leading wire manufacturer and known for in-house metallurgy, insulation and specialist material development. They also make some highly regarded camoving coil cartridges

Van den Hul produces some of the finest cables in the world made in their own European factory which means all aspects of cable production are carefully controlled; paramount to cable performance in both the short term and over time. It also means a high price to performance ratio.

Van den Hul is notable for pioneering advanced metallurgy, several 'fusion' materials, non-metal conductive carbon technologies (Linear Structured Carbon).

Green friendly products

Cable jackets are green friendly reducing harmful toxins released into the environment when regular cables with PVC jackets are disposed of through incineration or land fills; An increasingly important as PFA legislation becomes more prevalent. Performance is maintained over time as Chlorine ions released by cables with PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) is no longer an issue.

Van den Hul terminations on all cables are very well done with substantial hardware and engineered to last with easy conversion between spades and bananas. That the cables are well built and preserve sound quality over time so are less frequently replaced are other green qualifications.

Natural sound

Van den Hul's fusion materials and particularly the '3T' material are amorphous-like without the grain boundaries between metal crystals in OFC copper cables. Signals - especially low level ones - jumping across grain boundaries produce distortion similar to cross-over distortion in transistor amplifiers which is heard as hard-sounding pianos, screechy violins and soprano "break up". Having no crystalline boundaries, the latest 3T cable hybrid technology gives a very natural sound preserving low level dynamics with virtually zero time smear for accurate pace and timing. Bass is deep and well defined, while treble is similarly extended and detailed without listening fatigue.

Van den Hul has a broad range of products and interconnects are available in more useful standard lengths; 0.8m, 1.0m, 1.2m, 1.5m and up. Generous amounts of materials are used in the cables and the quality of assembly is top league. kemela uses the new 3T series cables to connect reference level components because they allow the true qualities of the equipment to shine and the synergy delivers outstanding sonic performances in several key areas.

Cartridges

A J van den Hul holds patents on fine-line stylus geometries used in many high-end cartridges. Van den Hul cartridges are highly regarded, hand-built using Van den Hul's expertise in fine gauge wire manufacture, use powerful magnets and can be re-tipped for a reasonable price.