@ajones82 My vote is to keep your Hana and listen to it.....I bet it will work just fine on the MC low setting and you will be happy. In my experience I have only seen the gain of a phono section. My phono stage has 74db in high setting and I have a a 0.48mV cartridge that pairs quite nicely. Your Hana is 0.5mV which I believe is a very conservative output for a MC low setting. There are many that have 0.2-0.3mV which I have not ever tried. Trying to start over with your cartridge research, return yours and buy another is no fun. Also, I have had Rega: 80s Planar 2, RP6, RP8 and P10 now. All the Rega cartridges were too bright for me(Exact 2, Apheta 3 & Aphelion 2). I have had the Goldring Eroica LX, Benz Micro Wood SM & now the Kiseki Purpleheart that I love! I tried the Soundsmith Sussuro MkII that didn't work(long story) and a Lyra Kleos. I bought the spacers that slide in from the top with makes any VTA adjustment super easy. I haven't found much need for adjustment but the spacers are cheap so go ahead and get them and see if you can tell a difference. Let us know what you do and enjoy! That Luxman looks awesome...should provide years and years of enjoyment.
Matching the cartridge to the phono stage
Hey Everyone, I am new to this so please be gentle :)
I am in the process of buying an amp that has the phono stage in it with the following specs with 3 options for the cartridge type MM/MC-Low/MC-High:
Moving Magnet: 2.5mV / 47kΩ
Moving Coil:
MC-High-Output: 0.3mV / 100Ω
MC-Low--Output: 0.1mV / 40Ω
LINE 180 mV / 47 kΩ
Now I am thinking of buying the Hana SL cartridge with the following specs:
Hana SL specifications:
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Output Level @ 1kHz: 0.5mV
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Output Balance @ 1kHz: Less Than 1.5dB
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Impedance @ 1 kHz: 30 Ohms
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Suggested Load: 400 Ohms
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Cartridge Weight: 5 Grams
The preamp MC-Low says: MC-Low--Output: 0.1mV / 40Ω
The Hana SL cartridge: Output Level @ 1kHz: 0.5mV, Impedance @ 1 kHz: 30 Ohms and Suggested Load: 400 Ohms.
How do these values match ? As far as I can see I don't have the same voltage 0.5mv on the cartridge and 0.3mv on the phono preamp. I also see that 40ohm vs 30ohm. The 400ohms figure is only mentioned on the cartridge.
Can this cartridge be used successfully with this phono stage ?
Do I need to match these numbers ? Can someone help explain this whole thing to me.
Thanks!