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Cartridge: Hana SH -- No Left Channel

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monotonous15

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This is a big oof.

I bought a brand new Hana SH cartridge in June 2019. When initially installed, everything worked great!

Around last October (sometime in the Fall), my left channel failed. I figured it was the old RCA cables on my Technics SL-1900 that went bad. No biggie. I'll replace. I didn't sit down until now to do this and I soldered in brand new RCA cables. Hooked everything back up, no left channel.

I tried a few other things but long story short... when I place my Shure cartridge on there everything works perfect! I even used the same four headshell wires on the Hana just to be certain. No left channel.

The Hana is so brand new and so lightly used, I'm infuriated at the thought of being out the cost of that cartridge. Anyone have similar issues? Anyone know of a Hana repair service? Comments, suggestions, and thoughts are welcome.
 
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Do you own a DMM (digital multi meter)? If so, you could measure the resistance of the coils for each channel. If the bad channel has no resistance, it is open and the cartridge is dumpster food.
 
Did you buy it from a dealer? Have you reached out to Hana? Should be under warranty still been 5 months.
 
Hi, If your coils a broken, it can be most likely be repaired, Check out Stephen at VAS, they advertise on E/Bay.

Cheers
 
monotonous15 said:
This is a big oof.

I bought a brand new Hana SH cartridge in June 2019. When initially installed, everything worked great!

Around last October (sometime in the Fall), my left channel failed. I figured it was the old RCA cables on my Technics SL-1900 that went bad. No biggie. I'll replace. I didn't sit down until now to do this and I soldered in brand new RCA cables. Hooked everything back up, no left channel.

I tried a few other things but long story short... when I place my Shure cartridge on there everything works perfect! I even used the same four headshell wires on the Hana just to be certain. No left channel.

The Hana is so brand new and so lightly used, I'm infuriated at the thought of being out the cost of that cartridge. Anyone have similar issues? Anyone know of a Hana repair service? Comments, suggestions, and thoughts are welcome.
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This is the problem with moving coils in that as the name suggests the coils move. The link wires to the coils move back and forth too and work harden and eventually snap. 5 months is a bit quick, but this is hardly unheard of with MC carts.
Chris
 
Thank you for your responses.

Hana cartridges come with a 2-year warranty (I think). I'm sending emails to what I think are the proper contacts to try and see how to get this serviced/replaced under the warranty.

For anyone who might end up in a similar situation, Steve at VAS estimates a repair to be $200+ for a Hana. Apparently they are a bit more complicated to repair.

I'm certain that any expert technician who looks at the tip alone will clearly see how lightly used my cartridge is. This is certainly frustrating but it is what it is.
 
Hi, An expert electrician would have no idea about stylus wear. But stylus wear does not matter a 2 year warranty, means it must last longer than two years.
Good luck.

Cheers
 
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