Hana S Series MC Phono Cartridges SL - Low Output Reviews

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Jason Townsend

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Posted 4 years ago

Doug Siegfried

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“sounds great, thanks for the deal, Doug.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Upgraded a MM cartridge on my music hall MMF 3.3 to the Hana SL MC cartridge, thanks to the great staff (Randall) and others in helping, it was if my turntable had been unchained, the sound seems to flow with small details coming to life.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Ronnie Highnote

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“I have a Rega P6 turntable that came with the Exact 2 MM cartridge that I was not unhappy listening to, but my EAT preamp supports MC cartridges and I knew I would make the jump someday, so I called Sean at Upscale and he gave a wholehearted endorsement to the Hana SL MC with complete confidence. I'm so glad he did. I was worried like so many attempts to upgrade, that maybe I wouldn't be able to hear much of a difference. Within the first minute, I just sat back listening and realized my jaw was hanging open. I thought it may need time to "burn in" before hearing a difference, but I'm about 6 hours in and am already thrilled. My best description would be detail and clarity - maybe authentic would be a good way to describe it. As I'm listening, I imagine I'm hearing the recording exactly as it was intended. On the setup, for the newer Planar 6 tables, Sean said a spacer for VTA is not needed. I set the VTF at 2.00g per spec and made sure my alignment was good. That's about it. It recommends >400 ohms and I've set mine at 1000 right now and the gain at 55db. It sounds great now, if it's only going to get better, I can't wait. Very happy I tried this one out.”

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Karl Erickson

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Posted 5 years ago

“The Hana SH I have is a fabulous cartridge . I have it mounted on a VPI Prime and going into a Parasound Halo JC3+ phono stage and the level of detail retrieval, ambience and spatial information revealed and image placement is mind boggling. The cartridge is a balanced and neutral as can be yet the sound is far from dry and boring. The cartridge is a superb tracker as well. From start to finish, there is no mistracking or IGD to speak of (expected). For the reasonable pricing you are getting a heck of a nice cartridge!”

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Posted 6 years ago