Hana EH Moving Coil Cartridge
$475.00
Description
Translated as “brilliant and gorgeous”, Hana features both high and low output moving coil cartridges noted worldwide for their sound and value.
Fall in Love with your Vinyl again
With its special Japanese character and meaning, “華”, 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 decades of experience by Masao Okada, the Excel Sound cartridge design Master and his team.
For over 50 years, Excel Sound and Okada-san have manufactured many famous phono cartridges for numerous respected audio companies around the world. Their own HANA brand, introduced in 2016, has achieved global recognition for world-class analog music reproduction and incredible value.
Excel Sound designs and 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.
HANA features multiple series of moving coil phono cartridges including the Nude Diamond “Umami Red”, Microline “M”, Shibata “S”, and Elliptical “E” models. All hand-made in Yokohama, Japan.
“Extraordinary”– Geoff Husband, TNT France
“Captivating” – Matthias Böde, Stereo Germany
“Exemplary” – audioFi.net Singapore
“Remarkable” – Michael Fremer, Analog Planet
“Awesome-r” – Paul Rigby, HiFi+ UK
The Hana EH high-output moving coil cartridge represents the best way to upgrade from “starter” MM cartridges that typically come packaged with most entry-level turntables. Weighing in at only 5 grams, and possessing great tracking ability, the Hana EH cartridge’s distinctive moss-green body houses a special cross-coil generator, reproducing great bass and dynamics. The elliptical stylus mounted to an aluminum cantilever easily extracts the music in the groove as it effortlessly traces your LPs.
The EH is plug-and-play compatible with MM phono stages found in integrated amplifiers and AV receivers.
Specs – EH
| Stylus | Synthetic Elliptical |
|---|---|
| Cantilever | Aluminum |
| Output Level | 2mv/1kHz |
| Output Balance | <2dB/1 KHz |
| Vertical Tracking Force | 2g |
| Trackability | 70 µm/2g |
| Channel Separation | 25dB/1kHz |
| Frequency Response | 15-25,000Hz |
| Impedance | 130Ω/1kHz |
| Suggested Load Impedance | >47kΩ |
| Cartridge Weight | 5g |
| Body Color | Moss Green |
| Warranty | 2 years |
