Van den Hul Grail

Innovative and advanced phonostage from van den Hul. “The Grail” is a really a dulcet phonostage, specifically designed bearing ultimate performance and reliability in mind.

Two Moving Coil (MC) Inputs via RCA

Feature list:

• a specific designed Phonograph preamplifier section

• Phonograph RIAA – equalization with coils only, no sound impairing capacitors in filters

• special printed circuit board material with gold conducting paths

• the printed circuit board has a special seating to evade microphonics

• special equipment foot made of selected wood avoids mechanical energy storage

• low noise moving coil input stage, no annoying noise even with low-output cartridges

• automatic adapting input stage for moving coil cartridges, no matching resistors needed

• possibility to compensate phonograph cartridge sensitivity (level adjustment)

• cut out of coupling capacitors in the signal path as far as possible

• strictly separated amplifier sections and circuit layout deliver a very natural soundstage

• inputs: two MC phono inputs

• a shielded transformer is placed in an external housing to avoid hum and EMI noise

• power supply with Gyrators for each amplifier stage deliver very high noise cancellation

• the external transformer is available for different mains voltages

Designed to provide high-end audio, “The Grail” will deliver you outstanding sound quality with nearly every available modern phonograph cartridge.

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