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Hana SL MC Cartridge *Ex demonstration*
Hana SL MC Cartridge *Ex demonstration*
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£490.00 GBP
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This is an ex demonstration Hana SL cartridge. It has been lightly used here, I would estimate somewhere in the 50 hour region or so.
This cartridge has a retail price of £639.00
The SL is a normal (often called Low, hence the 'L' in the model name) output MC cartridge that should be connected to a step up transformer or dedicated MC input. It has an output of 0.5mV.
The stylus guard, bolts and box are included.
Here's what I've previously written about this cartridge:
Hana cartridges are made by Excel Sound Corporation, a Japanese company who have been making cartridges for other manufacturers for 50 years, but this is the first ever series to bear their name. The Shibata series are so named because of the shape of the diamond used - a fine line design that is renowned for it’s excellent high frequency resolution as well as facilitating low record wear.
Sonically most ‘budget’ MC cartridges (by that I mean below four figures) tend to be have a blend of strengths that needed to be weighed against some weaknesses (light bass, rising treble and so on), but the Hana cartridges do not seem to do this. They do not sound cheap, or compromised, or of much at all (in the best possible way). They defy their price tag, sounding refined but exciting, well detailed but not overly analytical and just all round very musical. For the price the performance really is excellent, making them highly recommended.
Sonically most ‘budget’ MC cartridges (by that I mean below four figures) tend to be have a blend of strengths that needed to be weighed against some weaknesses (light bass, rising treble and so on), but the Hana cartridges do not seem to do this. They do not sound cheap, or compromised, or of much at all (in the best possible way). They defy their price tag, sounding refined but exciting, well detailed but not overly analytical and just all round very musical. For the price the performance really is excellent, making them highly recommended.
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