Hana EL en håndbygget moving coil pick-up med elliptisk nåleslibning. Nålen er monteret i et meget stift nålerør i aluminum og huset er bygget i et lavresonant kompositmateriale i en afdæmpet mosgrøn farve.
Hana EH har en udgangsspænding på 0,5 mv., har en impedans på 30 Ohm og skal belastes med omkring 400 Ohm.
Hana pick-up’erne produceres af Excel Sound Coorporation, en 50 år gammel virksomhed fra Tokyo, der mest er kendt som OEM-producent af high-end pick-up’er og tonearme. Efter bedste japanske tradition oplyser man dog intet om, hvilke firmaer man producerer for.
Hana er en ny produktserie, hvor man bruger sin mangeårige erfaring til at lancere egne produkter på verdensmarkedet.
Flot anmeldelse i The Absolute Sound
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"...there's a sense of swings and roundabouts in terms of the EH and EL versions of the Hana cartridges. I felt that the EH provided a slightly more accurate and tonally tad more exciting performance in how the detail was extracted from the master. The EL, with its' small measure of warmth gave the music a more forgiving nature. In effect, you could say that the EL looks at the bigger picture. Rather than focusing upon specifics, it offers a possibly more engaging and flowing performance..."
"...both these moving-coil cartridges performed well and they bring genuine advantages to any listening session at a low, low price. Terrific value for the money then..."Paul Rigby, Hi-Fi World
Hana EL er medtaget i Stereophiles Recommended Components i kategori B med følgende ordlyd:
Hana EL MC: $475 $$$
Commissioned by Sibatech Inc. and manufactured by Excel Sound, both of Japan, the Hana EL is a low-output (0.5mV) moving-coil cartridge built with alnico magnets and fitted with an aluminum cantilever and elliptical stylus. (A higher-output version, the Hana EH, is available for the same price but has not yet been tested.) Compliance is medium to medium-low—and thus well suited to the SME M2-9 tonearm used by HR, who declared that "the EL's basic sonic character was highly musical and exceptionally nonmechanical." (Vol.39 No.8 WWW)
Stylus Profile: Elliptical
Cantilever: Aluminum
Output Level @ 1kHz: 0,5mV
Output Balance @ 1kHz: Less Than 2.0dB
Vertical Tracking Force: 2 grams
Trackability: 70 um/2 grams
Separation @ 1kHz: 25 dB
Frequency Response: 15-32,000 Hz
Impedance @ 1 kHz: 30 Ohms
Suggested Load: 400 Ohms
Cartridge Weight: 5 Grams
Body Color: Moss Green
