Hana SH - thought this would happen with the Mk 2 out

[good_enough]

Hana SH MK I HIGH Output Moving Coil Cartridge | eBay

Output Balance: <1.5dB/1KHZ. Output Level: 2mv/1kHz. Suggested Load Impedance: 47Ω. Body Colour: Black. Compliance: 10 um/mN.

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[daytona600]

Hana are brand labelled and struggle with scale of economy & huge volumes of MC cartridges produced by AT & Ortofon

Cost new was £639.00 Sale price £495.00
High Output moving coils are also pointless as moving mass is far higher to achieve a higher output 99.9% of moving coils are lower moving mass Low Output designs
Stylus: Nude Diamond Shibata
Cantilever: Aluminium
very low Spec alu , Big boys use higher spec Boron for under £500

 

[Al ears]

Hana are brand labelled and struggle with scale of economy & huge volumes of MC cartridges produced by AT & Ortofon

Cost new was £639.00 Sale price £495.00
High Output moving coils are also pointless as moving mass is far higher to achieve a higher output 99.9% of moving coils are lower moving mass Low Output designs
Stylus: Nude Diamond Shibata
Cantilever: Aluminium
very low Spec alu , Big boys use higher spec Boron for under £500

Interesting although I never saw the point of high output mc cartridges especially at this sort of price.

 

[daytona600]

All the benefit of low moving mass on the cantilever / Stylus on a low output MC is ruined by all the extra coil windings required to give a higher output. Mass and Inertia is the last thing you need in a cartridge reading a tiny groove
Bit like a sports car & adding heavy wheels and tyres will affect handling

High output HOMC pointless as almost all phono stage have MM/MC inputs these days or use a SUT step up transformer
Ortofon only make LOMC but SPU have had HOMC versions for 60+ years
Ortofon SPU GTX have Lundahl SUT fitted in the headshell turns a LOMC into a HOMC

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