HANA phono cartridges are handcrafted in Tokyo by Excel Sound, a company with over 60 years of cartridge-building expertise. The name HANA means "brilliant" and "flower" in Japanese, reflecting the brand's commitment to revealing the full beauty hidden in your vinyl grooves.
Every HANA cartridge features hand-wound coils, precision-polished styli, and meticulous quality control that rivals cartridges costing far more. The result is exceptional detail retrieval, natural tonal balance, and the kind of musicality that keeps you listening for hours.
The lineup spans four distinct series to match every system and budget. The E Series offers an accessible entry point to moving coil performance. The M Series adds refinement with nude diamond styli. The S Series MK II features Shibata profiles for extended high frequencies. At the summit, the Umami Series represents Excel Sound's ultimate expression of the cartridge-builder's art.