Hana MH Moving Coil Cartridge

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

One of the world’s best High Output Moving Coil cartridges, the MH combines the technological advances of the Hana M Series with the optimal interface for moving magnet phono stages.

M Series Nude Microline stylus – Higher Specification Part 

Befitting its name, the M Series uses a Nude Microline stylus, mimicking the cutting stylus and fitting more precisely into the vinyl groove. This enhances tracking to capture the most delicate musical details with better frequency reproduction, stereo imaging, and resolution.

Delrin© cartridge body – Advanced Materials 

The M Series cartridge body is injection molded from Delrin©, a high-tech polymer with improved mechanical characteristics for better resonance damping, to reveal more low-level information and enhance dynamic range.

Cryogenic Processing – Unique Technical Treatment

Cryogenic processing is Cold Annealing at near absolute zero temperature that restructures metals at the molecular level, especially important in the Alnico based magnetic electro-motive circuit (cartridge signal generator). The M Series parts treated include the front yoke as well as center and rear components. The result is a more precise and controlled magnetic flux field for greater linearity and musical sound quality.

Brass Cap with Threaded fittings – Superior Mechanical Interface 

The Delrin© cartridge body features an integral machined brass cap providing constrained mode layer damping and its heavier 9.5 gram weight provides expanded compatibility with a wider range of tonearms and turntables.

Built into the M Series Delrin© cartridge body are metal threaded fittings for headshell mounting hardware, offering easier attachment and a superior mechanical interface for better bass and dynamics.

Specs

Stylus	Microline
Cantilever	Aluminum
Magnetic Circuitry	Pure Iron/Cryo Treatment
Coil Wire	High Purity Copper
Cartridge Housing	POM (Delrin) / Brass
Output Level	2mv/1kHz
Output Balance	<1dB/1 KHz
Trackability	70 µm/2g
Channel Separation	30dB/1kHz
Frequency Response	12-45,000Hz
Impedance	130Ω/1kHz
Suggested Load Impedance	47kΩ
Magnet	Alnico
Vertical Tracking Force	2g
Cartridge Weight	9.5g
Height	16.3mm
Body Color	Black w/Brass Plate
Warranty	2 years