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I recently purchased a KABed Technics SL1200 MkII turntable and have ordered a Hana EL cartridge. I decided on the Hana purely on the reports that it was good and represented good value. However, after placing my order (it should have been before) I tried to find out the compliance of this cartridge and was not successful. I find it really odd that there is no information at all concerning this important number. So, does anyone know the compliance of the Hana EL cartridge? Thank you!
Terry
Follow Ups:
I have a stock SL1210-M5G that I'd been running with a Denon DL110. I wanted an upgrade- just because, and found a deal on an Ortofon LH-4000 Headshell, and a Hana EH cartridge. The difference was like night and day- the Hana just playing so much sweeter and effortlessly, and a bit less on noise. It was THAT GOOD!!! This is being played back through my Yamaha RX-A1030 Receiver.
Two weeks after that I pulled the trigger on a 1 yr old Scout 1.1 with Ortofon 2M Black locally- at a price I could not pass up. Owner just recently upgrade to Prime. It plays well and all that, BUT I really wanna hook up my Technics with the Hana again and spin!!! Yes- I think it sounds that much better than my Scout!
Chris
I suspect, based on your information, that the Hana will be OK on the Technics. However, I will try to borrow a HiFi News Test Record and do some actual measurements. Should be interesting.
Terry
It is listed in this review as being 10x10-6.
10x10-6 specified by mfg at 100 hz or at 10hz?
This makes a big difference as to what the ACTUAL compliance really is!
Cheers,
SB
The Japanese always specify compliance at 100-Hz so the compliance of the Hana EL cartridge is probably specified at 100-Hz. The article referenced by BCR stated the Hana EL had an arm/cartridge resonance of 9.5-Hz in the SME M2-9 tonearm, which has 9.5-grams effective mass. If you add 1-gram for mounting hardware to the 5-gram weight of the Hana EL, this indicates a compliance at resonance of about 18 x 10 -6 cm/dyne. This equates to an arm/cartridge resonance frequency of about 8.8-Hz in your Technics tonearm.
This should be okay!
Good luck,
John Elison
John,
I've been using the multiplier of 1.8 when comparing the compliance of cartridges spec'd at 100Hz to those spec'd at 10Hz. This appears to agree with your findings.
It also seems to work out in regards to the Denon DL-103, and it'll probably work when comparing any cartridges spec'd at 100Hz to those spec'd at 10Hz.
Cheers,
SB
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