Warm sounding phono cartridge

+1 @chipcalzone  you beat me to it.

@rfauto I wouldn’t give up on the Hana just yet. At least not without narrowing down the reason why your albums sound “thin and noisy “.

What was your setup procedure for switching out to Hana Unami Blue? Cartridge alignment, tracking force, VTA? I’m guessing one cartridge is taller than the other. This could this be VTA related.

I believe the Hana output is 0.4mV, what is the Clearaudio cartridge output?

Good luck!

The "warmest" sounding cartridges that I have used have been Grados. The midrange presentation on a Grado is like syrup. I don't currently use a Grado because my speakers are a bit laid back and need cartridges with a bit more high end emphasis.

+1 Hana ML. Mine is teamed with a Rega Aria. Smooth & Full with no noise even with my 50 year old records. Your issue gives me pause, as had planned to upgrade to Umami. 

Thanks everyone for the input.  I just want to clarify that I do really like sound of the Hana Umami Blue.  I have the loading set at 80 ohms (coil impedance is 8 ohms).  I tried it at 100 ohms, but it sounded bright.  If I play my MOFI Eagles Hotel California 180g Supervinyl 2 LP set on the Hana the sound is literally incredible.  The noise floor is silent, sound stage full and incredible.  You can liter hear every detail from guitar pics and snare drums. Don Henley sounds like he's in my living room.  Unfortunately, this cartridge also gives me everything on my Al Stewart Time Passages that was passed down from a relative.  The album has been used since 1980.  It has been played a lot, spent some time in a basement and handed down to me.  On my prior cartridge the Clearaudio Virtuoso V1 I did not get the detail the Hana provides, but a mediocre copy of an album did not sound as bad.  I figured my solution would be to get another table with a "nice" but less revealing cartridge to play my "well loved" albums.

Anything "bronze" from Ortofon, I think, is a happy medium between detailed and "mushy." I have not heard the Cadenza Bronze. However, the 2m and Quintet Bronze are quite pleasant sounding