Hana cartridges of Japan now available in the U.S.

Hana means “brilliant and gorgeous”

Introducing a new line from Japan, 華 (or hana, which means “brilliant and gorgeous” in the original Japanese). HANA Phono Cartridges use high rigidity aluminum cantilevers, and cross-shaped armatures, providing you with brilliant and gorgeous sound. Hana “SH” and “SL” use nude natural diamond Shibata-stylus, capable of excellent high frequency response, giving you supreme transparency and excellent trackability. Hana cartridges are produced by Excel Sound Corporation of Tokyo Japan, a long time OEM cartridge producer.

The retail price of the SH and SL is $650. The EH and EL is $400. Cartridges ship November 2015.

Models

Hana EH Elliptical tip high output

Hana EL Elliptical tip low output

Hana SH Shibata tip high output

Hana SL Shibata tip low output

The Hana Series has been developed with significance placed on easy use and set-up, as well as high performance reproduction. Hana’s high output versions, EH and SH, supply 2mV output, so that they can be directly connected to MM phono input for vinyl reproduction.

Features:

Highly rigid aluminium cantilever assembled with crossed armatures to reproduce dynamic sound. Hana SL and Hana SH models employ Shibata stylus famed for excellent high frequency reproduction, superb tracking, and low distortion.

Specifications

Model	Hana EH	Hana EL	Hana SH	Hana SL
Stylus	Synthetic Elliptical	Synthetic Elliptical	Nude Diamond Shibata	Nude Diamond Shibata
Cantilever	Aluminum	Aluminum	Aluminum	Aluminum
Output Level	2mV/1kHz	0.5mV/1kHz	2mV/1kHz	0.5mV/1kHz
Output Balance	<2dB/1kHz	<2dB/1kHz	<1.5dB/1kHz	<1.5dB/1kHz
Vertical Tracking Force	2gr.	2gr.	2gr.	2gr.
Trackability	70μm/2gr.	70μm/2gr.	70μm/2gr.	70μm/2gr.
Channel Separation	25dB/1kHz	25dB/1kHz	28dB/1kHz	28dB/1kHz
Frequency Response	15~25,000Hz	15~25,000Hz	15~32,000Hz	15~32,000Hz
Impedance	130Ω/1kHz	30Ω/1kHz	130Ω/1kHz	30Ω/1kHz
Suggested Load Impedance	47kΩ	>400Ω	47kΩ	>400Ω
Cartridge Weight	5gr	5gr	5gr	5gr
Body Color	Moss Green	Moss Green	Black	Black