Hana S Shibata MC Cartridge
Hana cartridges are exclusivly produced by Excel Sound Corporation of Tokyo Japan, a long time OEM cartridge producer. The Hana Series has been developed with a great deal of attention focussed on ease of use and set-up, as well as high performance reproduction.
Excel Sound Corporation pride themselves on their manufacturing quality and quality controls at every stage, ensuring their handmade cartridges offer consistently perfect results. Their expertise in design and manufacturing has produced in the Hana range, some of the finest sounding and value for money cartridges on the market today in their price ranges.
The Hana MC cartridges come with two different styli designs. The first is the high performance Hana S range “SH” and “SL” cartridges that use a nude natural diamond Shibata-stylus, capable of excellent high frequency response, giving supreme transparency and excellent trackability. This model comes in two output options offering either High output 2.0mv/1KHz (SH) or Low output 0.5mv/1KHz (SL).
Secondly the lower cost E range "EH" and "EL" cartridges (same two High and Low output options as the "S" range) come with a synthetic Elliptical diamond styli, but nonetheless offer a highly competitive quality sound, referenced against similar priced cartridges.
HANA SL SPECIFICATIONS:
Stylus Profile: Natural Diamond Shibata
Cantilever: Aluminum
Output Level @ 1kHz: 0.5mV
Output Balance @ 1kHz: Less Than 1.5dB
Vertical Tracking Force: 2 grams
Trackability: 70 um/2 grams
Separation @ 1kHz: 28 dB
Frequency Response: 15-32,000 Hz
Impedance @ 1 kHz: 30 Ohms
Suggested Load: 400 Omms
Cartridge Weight: 5 Grams
Body Color: Black
HANA SH SPECIFICATIONS:
Stylus Profile: Natural Diamond Shibata
Cantilever: Aluminum
Output Level @ 1kHz: 2.0mV
Output Balance @ 1kHz: Less Than 1.5dB
Vertical Tracking Force: 2 grams
Trackability: 70 um/2 grams
Separation @ 1kHz: 28 dB
Frequency Response: 15-32,000 Hz
Impedance @ 1 kHz: 130 Ohms
Suggested Load: 47 K Omms
Cartridge Weight: 5 Grams
Body Color: Black