Hana ML

Hana ML low output MC pick-up

Hana M - Microline 
“M” henviser til slibningen på den nål, der er monteret på nålearmen på pick-up’erne i M-serien, nemlig den avancerede Microline slibning, der anerkendes for, at være den slibning, der kommer tættest på skærenålens geometri. Det betyder, at nålen har den allerstørste anlægsflade i pladerillen og at pick-up’en kan spore optimalt og give et stort, præcist stereobillede med fine detaljer og høj opløsning.

High Purity kobbertråd 
M-serien benytter en særlig “High Purity” kobbertråd i de små spoler i både Hana ML og MH - og det er lykkedes at opnå en lavere generator impedans, så pick-up’erne kan benyttes med endnu flere forskellige RIAA’er end det er tilfældet med E- og S-serierne. 

“Delrin” pick-up hus
Pick-up’en mekaniske opbygning er et af vigtigste elementer for at opnå frihed for resonanser. Derfor er M-serien bygget i et hus af støbt Delrin, en polymer, der i sig selv har en meget effektiv dæmpning og stivhed - og som lader pick-up’en gengive lavfrekvent information endnu bedre end hvis den var bygget i andre materialer.

Kryogenbehandling
Samtlige metal-dele i M-seriens pick-up’er er kryogenbehandlet i en proces, hvor metal og magnetsystem langsomt nedkøles til et absolut nulpunkt og derved ændrer krystalstruktur. Resultatet er et stærkt forbedret magnetfelt, som giver større linearitet og hørbart bedre lyd.

Superior Mechanical Interface
M-serien erforstærket med en solid messingplade, der udgør en effektiv og resonans-død kobling til tonearmen, der forbedrer dynamik og basgengivelse. Messingpladen er forsynet med gevind, så montering foregår uden møtrikker. Samtidigt betyder den ekstra vægt også, at pick-up’en med sine 9,5 gram, matcher de lidt tungere tonearme på markedet. 

Flot omtale Hana ML fra Jan Nielsen, Pladespilleren.dk

Test af Hana ML i Part-time Audiophile her

Test af Hana ML og MH i Analog Planet her

Test af Hana ML i the Ear

Brilliant and Gorgeous
Hana benytter det japanske skrifttegn 華 - som betyder “Brilliant and Gorgeous”, som henviser til den helt specielle lydkarakter og kvalitet Hana moving coil pick-up’er fra Excel Sound har. Masao Okada-san er firmaets pick-up mester, som gennem mere end 50 år stået for design og produktion af pick-up’er til andre kendte, men unavngivne brands.

Stylus: Nude Microline

Cantilever: Aluminium

Magnet: Alnico

Coil Wire: High Purity Copper

Cartridge Housing/Base: POM/Brass

Output Level:  0.2mV

Channel Balance: <1dB/1kHz

Rec Tracking Force: 2g

Trackability: 70µ/2g

Compliance: 10×10-6 cm/dyne

Channel Separation: 30dB @ 1kHz

Frequency Range: 12Hz to 45kHz

Impedance: 8Ω (ML)

Suggested Load Impedance: <100Ω (ML)

Cartridge Weight: 9.5g

Body Colour: Black   

Tests af Hana ML

Test i Monoandstereo - læs mere her 

Midrange insight was superb too. Early in this song, on the right channel, was a piano. Really though this guy sounded like he was playing in another room and you could only make out he was there at all because the studio door was open and the sound was travelling down the corridor. Subtle, that’s what it was. Yet the ML picked up this effect and did so with a mite more character and detail than many more expensive moving coils I’ve heard of late. 

Paul Rigby, The Audiophile Man Læs mere

This model builds on the strengths of both the EL and the SL. It delivers even more detail than the SL but with the gentle warmth of the EL, and a beautiful natural tonality – instrument and voice timbres are convincing, compelling and very pleasing.

Witchdoctor, New Zealand Læs mere

The Hana ML was wonderfully insightful, had tonal poise and good, firm bass. Put together these properties made it an exciting yet deeply revealing cartridge, its advanced Microline stylus placing it ahead of most else. What I especially liked was its svelte delivery, free from obvious emphasis. At the price this is a great moving coil, well worth buying." 

Noel Keywood, Hi-Fi World 

"... percussion is delivered with presence and a very believable sense of delay. The lower registers are excellent... The Hana manages to deliver power and impact without losing fine detail... beautifully defined and impressively weighty. The ML is able to strike the happy balance between being energetic and lively while avoiding listening fatigue even with poorer pressings." 

Hi-Fi Choice

"There is also something truly delightful about the way these cartridges handle voices. There's a warmth and vibrancy... the sound of several of the big hitters of the Japanese cartridge world, with much of the romance of a Koetsu, the 'shimmer' of a Kiseki or an ZYX, the insight and detail of a Lyra, and the musical boppiness of a Dynavector, and the manage to do all of this without suffering the 'Jack of all Trades, Master of None' problem... are every inch high-end super cartridges, only without the high prices. As is stands this is the best £3,000 - £4,000 cartridge you can buy... for £995" 

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