HANA – M Series Deluxe Model MC Cartridges
With its special Japanese character and meaning, Hana brand moving coil cartridges manufactured by Excel Sound deliver the most “Brilliant and Gorgeous” performance for vinyl music lovers and audiophiles. This HANA sound comes from superb design, engineering excellence and 50 years of experience by Masao Okada-san, the Excel Sound cartridge design Master. During the past several years, the HANA E and S Series moving coil cartridges have achieved global recognition for their world-class analog music reproduction at a previously unattainable price.
Aspiring towards affordable perfection
Now, building upon the foundation of the critically acclaimed HANA sound, we introduce our new “M” Series deluxe model moving coil cartridge. Available in high and low output versions, this evolutionary new class leading model continues the HANA tradition by featuring higher specification parts, advanced materials, unique technical treatment and superior mechanical interface.
Excel Sound manufactures all the major parts, producing affordable cartridges with an excellent sound quality. Specialized tooling improves the price/quality ratio, with manufactured parts designed for maximum performance and consistency. Excel’s experienced craftsmen skillfully hand assemble all the parts into an excellent finished product, producing the consistently “Brilliant and Gorgeous” HANA sound.
Moving coil cartridge with Nude Diamond Microline Stylus
Aspiring towards affordable perfection
Now, building upon the foundation of the critically acclaimed HANA sound, we introduce our new “M” Series deluxe model moving coil microline cartridge. Available in high and low output versions, this evolutionary new class leading model continues the HANA tradition by featuring higher specification parts, advanced materials, unique technical treatment and superior mechanical interface.
Excel Sound manufactures all the major parts, producing affordable cartridges with an excellent sound quality. Specialized tooling improves the price/quality ratio, with manufactured parts designed for maximum performance and consistency. Excel’s experienced craftsmen skillfully hand assemble all the parts into an excellent finished product, producing the consistently “Brilliant and Gorgeous” HANA sound.
The Hana ML and MH Moving Coil cartridges have a nude natural diamond Microline stylus, capable of excellent high frequency response. High rigidity aluminum cantilever, Very high purity copper wire, Cryogenic Anilco magnets, Delrin body threaded with brass mounting hardware are some of the advanced features of the ML and MH series of cartridges.
These competitively priced Low output moving coil cartridge offers great quality sound referenced against similar priced cartridges. The ML (Low output) offers 0.4mv/1KHz output.
Hana’s high output version, MH (High output) supplies 2mV output, so that they can be directly connected to MM phono input for vinyl reproduction.
Manufactured by: Excel Sound Corporation (Japan)
Specifications
Stylus Profile: Nude Diamond Microline
Cantilever: Aluminum
Magnet: Alnico
Magnetic circuitry: Pure Iron, Cryogenic treatment
Coil wire: High Purity Copper
Cartridge Housing/Base: POM (Delrin©) /Brass
Output Level: MH- 2.0mV@1KHz, ML-0.4mV@1KHz
Output Balance: 1kHz: Less Than 1.0dB
Vertical Tracking Force: 2 grams
Trackability: 70um/2 grams
Compliance: 10 x 10-6 cm/dyne
Separation: 1kHz: 30 dB
Frequency Response: 12-45,000 Hz
Impedance: MH – 130Ω/1KHz, ML – 80Ω/1KHz
Suggested Load: MH – 47 KΩ, ML > 100Ω
Cartridge Weight: 9.5 Grams