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Moving on after van den hul

I've had van den hul cartridges (grasshopper & colibri) for almost 20 years. I love the sound, but I'm at the point of moving on after dealing with several rounds of questionable customer service.

My question is directed SOLELY at those of you who also love the van den hul sound: What other cartridges have you found that either (i) exceed the van den huls, or (ii) come close in important ways and provide an acceptable substitute?

(For those of you who do not share my enthusiasm for van den hul cartridges, PLEASE DON"T BOTHER RESPONDING TO THIS THREAD. It's not that you're not entitled to your opinion (of course you are), but rather that our ears and taste are sufficiently different as to make conversation on this issue irrelevant.)
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Basis/Triplanar/home-made

Though I wonder whether it makes a difference to this discussion.

I suspect that the basic character of a cartridge comes through regardless of what it's connected to. And it's that basic character that I'm talking about.

I'm looking for comments from people who "get' the van den hul sound the way I do, and for whatever reason have moved on.
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