As the owner of a Rega Planar 6 I offer a piece of advice that is slightly off topic. The tonearm is not adjustable for vertical tracking angle (VTA) unless you use spacers (washers), which Rega makes and which must be installed beneath the tonearm. The tonearm is designed for Rega cartridges, for which no spacer is needed. The Rega Ania or Ania Pro MC cartridges are factory installed as options. Both have 0.35 mV output and 10 ohm output impedance. Rega recommends a 100 ohm impedance setting on the phono stage. The Luxman’s setting for 0.3 mV should work, but 55 dBA of gain is low for a 0.3 mV output cartridge. You will likely find it necessary to turn up the volume more or you can try the High setting for 0.1 mV cartridges. FYI, Rega’s most economical phono stage for MC cartridges offers gain settings of 63.5 and 69.5 dBA. A Rega dealer should be able to help you find a cartridge that will work well with the Luxman unit and can install it and any needed spacers. I believe the Hana will also will require at least one spacer.
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!