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| Save 10% with ANY other brand cartridge trade | $765.00 |
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| Save 20% when purchased with turntable or with Musical Surroundings brand cartridge trade | $680.00 |
| Save 30% re-tip exchange | $595.00 |
Trade instructions: If you purchase this cartridge with a trade-in, please note when you check out your total will show the normal sale price of this item and NOT the trade in price. However, when we process your order, you will be charged ONLY the trade in price. When you have received your new Hana cartridge, please carefully pack and ship your trade-in cartridge to us (see our website for address).
Surpassing expectations, the MK II upgrade to Hana's globally best-selling Hana S cartridges enhances both their music performance and value. Master cartridge designer Masao Okada implements a new tapered aluminum cantilever with increased rigidity, resulting in a remarkable improvement transferring groove modulation from vinyl record to the cartridge generator. The S MK II cartridges feature higher specified parts, advanced materials, and unique technical processes from Hana's higher-priced elite cartridge models, furthering the Hana "brilliant and gorgeous" sound.
Hana S Series MK II cartridges use a new tapered aluminum cantilever with higher rigidity and effective mass reduction at stylus tip, resulting in enhanced clarity and music transfer from vinyl record to cartridge generator.
Cryogenic treatment of critical parts including yoke, pole pieces and gold terminal pins, create a more natural sound.
Improved, non-resonant body shape, modeled after the Hana M Series, is damped with a matte soft feel black elastomeric resin paint and features a brass cap with threaded cartridge mounting.
The heavier S Series MK II cartridges offer better coupling with expanded compatibility to a wider range of tonearms, improving bass and dynamics.
The SL MK II generator, as found on the Umami Blue and ML, incorporates an alnico magnet with a cross-coil using fewer windings of high-purity 30-micron copper wire. This improves signal to noise, reduced moving mass for high resolution and trackability, and optimizes performance for a broader ranger of phono stages.
Features
- Tapered Aluminum Cantilever
- Cryogenic Treatment Process from Umami Red
- Threaded Brass Cap and Body Shape from ML
- Uses Generator from Umami Blue & ML
Technical Specifications
| Stylus | Nude Diamond Shibata |
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| Cantilever | Tapered Aluminum |
| Magnet | Alnico |
| Output level | 0.4mV/1kHz |
| Vertical tracking force | 2gr |
| Trackability | 70 µm/2gr |
| Dynamic compliance | 10x10(-6)cm/dyne |
| Frequence response | 15-32,000Hz |
| Impedance | 23Ω |
| Suggested load impedance | ≥230Ω |
| Cartridge weight | 8.6gr |
| Body color | Black |
