
Hana or 華 means “brilliant and gorgeous” in Japanese. Hana Phono Cartridges use high-rigidity aluminum cantilevers, and cross-shaped armatures, giving listeners a brilliant and gorgeous sound.
Hana cartridges are produced by Excel Sound Corporation (ESC)) of Tokyo Japan, an established 50-year old company. In 2015 they finally launched their own brand range of cartridges called "Hana" - 華. ESC pride themselves on their manufacturing quality and quality controls at every stage, ensuring that their hand-made cartridges offer consistently perfect results.
Both the high-performance Hana S range - “SH” and “SL” cartridges use a nude natural diamond Shibata-stylus, capable of excellent high frequency response, giving supreme transparency and excellent trackability. The SL cartridge comes with a Low output 0.5mV/1KHz designed for MC phono stages
The body of the Hana SL Moving Coil cartridge is manufactured from a composite low resonance plastic material in black. Going deeper into details, the Hana SL has a nude natural diamond Shibata-stylus, capable of admirable high-frequency response, and use high firmness aluminium cantilevers with cross-shaped armatures. Abovementioned setup indisputably delivers supreme transparency and excellent trackability.
This SL cartridge (Shibata Low output) offers 0.5mv/1KHz output.
Model | Hana SL |
Stylus | Nude Diamond Shibata |
Cantilever | Aluminum |
Output Level | 0.5mV/1kHz |
Output Balance | <1.5dB/1kHz |
Vertical Tracking Force | 2 gr. |
Trackability | 70μm/2gr. |
Channel Separation | 28dB/1kHz |
Frequency Response | 15~32,000Hz |
Impedance | 30Ω/1kHz |
Suggested Load Impedance | >400Ω |
Cartridge Weight | 5 gr. |
Body Color | Black |
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