Moving coil with silky top end

**Lurch** · 13-07-2018, 21:15

A cart that punches well above its weight is the Hana SL. It is seriously underpriced, sings well with the std 100ohm loading on most phonos, but really takes flight if you can give it the recommended 400+ohms. Now run mine at 470 via an MFA SUT and it really plumbs the depths, with great mids and extended treble + lots of air and space.

**sq225917** · 13-07-2018, 21:19

benz LP user here, couldn't be smoother top to bottom

**YNWaN** · 13-07-2018, 21:51

Yeah, Benz carts are a good shout.

(I’ve no experience of the Hanna so can’t comment either way)

**anubisgrau** · 13-07-2018, 22:40

you can gain a lot with accurate and precise mounting of cartridge, especially azimuth, VTF and VTA.

though some brands are hopeless in this matter, the first name i think of is audio technica

**martian sunrise** · 14-07-2018, 08:09

Originally Posted by Lurch

A cart that punches well above its weight is the Hana SL. It is seriously underpriced, sings well with the std 100ohm loading on most phonos, but really takes flight if you can give it the recommended 400+ohms. Now run mine at 470 via an MFA SUT and it really plumbs the depths, with great mids and extended treble + lots of air and space.

Which MFA are you using?

**martinjohn308** · 14-07-2018, 10:50

I’ve been using a Kiseki Blue NS for just over 2 years on a LP12 / Aro combination it’s been excellent. Marries well with the Paradise / Grad 1, so if your in the market for a top flight MC I suggest the Kiseki.

Regards,

Martin

**Mike Reed** · 15-07-2018, 11:21

Originally Posted by Nonnegativ

For silky top end I would like to suggest Benz Micro higher range

However: In comparison on my system the Lyra Delos plays HiFi, where my Benz Ruby Z plays refined & involving music.

Just my two cents - and off course it is system dependent.

Agree; good comparison. I've had two Lyras; Helikon and Clavis, and more recently a Benz Ebony. Good and dynamic as the Lyras are (and I've recently had a Titan i on my deck for a few days), the Benz was more magical in the musicality stakes. Both are happy in lowish medium mass arms.

Conforming to the o.p.'s terms of reference, Koetsus and Miyajimas would do the trick, but would need a higher mass arm (esp. the Miyajima). I don't know the spec's of the Ekos, however. Benz seem to be very good value in the uber cart. stakes at just over the 2 K mark as opposed to nearer 4 K for others. The LPS (top of their range) is, by all accounts, a humdinger !

I've also got a Transfig. and Urushi; both lovely if utterly different but it does depend upon the arm, foremost, and of course the ph/stage etc.

**Ali Tait** · 15-07-2018, 14:23

Another vote for Benz. I have a Gullwing SLR, which I think is excellent.

**oldius** · 15-07-2018, 14:37

I rate the top end of the Denon DL-S1 very highly.

**stevied** · 15-07-2018, 19:45

Audio Technica AT 33sa moving coil

Not quite sure how they make this so good for the price I recommend it highly.

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