The new SL MK II has upgrades to enhance both the musical performance, and also to offer greater value at the S Series price point. A new tapered Aluminum cantilever with increased rigidity offers a remarkable improvement in transferring groove modulation from the vinyl record to the cartridge generator. The S Series Mk II indeed features many higher specified parts, advanced materials, and unique technical processes, drawn from Hana’s higher-priced elite cartridge models, furthering the Hana “brilliant and gorgeous” sound.
Critical parts, including the Yoke, Pole-pieces, and gold Terminal pins are cryogenically treated for a more natural sound. An improved non-resonant body shape, modeled after the Hana M Series, is damped with a matte Soft Feel Black elastomeric resin paint, and features a brass top cap plus integral threaded mounting of cartridge. The heavier Mk II cartridge offers better coupling, improving bass and dynamics; and with expanded compatibility to a wider range of tonearms. The SL MK II generator, is as found in the Umami Blue and ML; incorporating an Alnico magnet and cross-coil design, using high purity 30-micron copper wire with an 8Ω impedance, for improved signal to noise, and reduction of moving mass. These improved design features offer higher resolution and traceability, optimising performance for a broader range of phono stages.
2 year guarantee from date of purchase, plus a ‘new for old or damaged’ replacement service.
- Stylus: nude diamond shibata
- cantilever: tapered aluminium
- Magnet: alnico
- Output level: 0.4mv/1KHz
- Output balance: <1.5dB/1KHz
- Vertical tracking force: 2gr
- Trackability: 70μ/2gr
- Dynamic compliance: 10 x 10 (-6) cm/dyne
- Channel separation: 28dB/1KHz
- Frequency response: 15-32,000Hz
- Impedance: 8Ω
- Suggested load impedance: ≥80Ω
- Cartridge weight: 8.6gr
- Bode colour: black