There are many great moving magnet cartridges better than the Hanas.
In less expensive or older equipment with a lower signal to noise ratio high output cartridges will sound better and avoid the requirement for a more expensive phono stage. Moving coil cartridges do not come into their own until you are spending $4-5K on the cartridge and phono stage.
The high output Soundsmith cartridges match up with any $6000 moving coil setup. Don't let prices fool you. They are to separate markets. The $3000 "The Voice" is just a high output version of the $5000 Sussurro.
They are exactly the same except color and the Voice has a few more turns on its coils which are fixed! I asked Mr Ledermann why they were priced differently and his reply was, "different markets." When asked why he even made low output cartridges he replied,"because that is what people want, They want to be able to use their expensive phono stages."
In less expensive or older equipment with a lower signal to noise ratio high output cartridges will sound better and avoid the requirement for a more expensive phono stage. Moving coil cartridges do not come into their own until you are spending $4-5K on the cartridge and phono stage.
The high output Soundsmith cartridges match up with any $6000 moving coil setup. Don't let prices fool you. They are to separate markets. The $3000 "The Voice" is just a high output version of the $5000 Sussurro.
They are exactly the same except color and the Voice has a few more turns on its coils which are fixed! I asked Mr Ledermann why they were priced differently and his reply was, "different markets." When asked why he even made low output cartridges he replied,"because that is what people want, They want to be able to use their expensive phono stages."