I will try to listen to the Hana.
I'm not sure about vintage cartridges, so chakster is there a new AudioTechnica that you would recommend.
Hanna is made by Excel Sound Corporation, they made so many cartridges in the 70's/80's for other American and Japanese brands, and i have some of them. I just don't know why do you need an MC cartridge if your budget is so low?
Regarding the vintage carts it is not a problem since they are NOS or MINT- condition, and we're talking about vintage from the 80's. The cost is lower and the quality is higher, you can't buy an equal modern cartridge at the price of those vintage ones. Simply because new cartridges are mostly overpriced from the start even if there is no such materials like Boron, Beryllium or even Titanium (for cantilevers) and the stylus tip is also nothing special and can't be compared to the AT's MicroLine, this is marketing. Did you notice than some people are still raving about Denon design from the 60's, there is nothing changed in DL-103 since the 60's for example, it is just a vintage cartridge produced today.
Modern AT is ART-9 or ART-7, but it's MC, not MM, and the price is higher than your suggested range.
AT made absolutely killer MM carts when MM was a king, it was in the 70's/80's, but no more.
Nagaoka still making those MM (like MP-500) almost identical to what they made in the 70's and 80's, just for higher price. In the 70's it was MP-50, now it's MP-500, but it's the same cartridge. They also made same cartridges under Jeweltone brand for Japanese market and the equal to the modern Nagaoka MP-500 is Jeweltone MP-50. The rest is just marketing. Back in the day we had so many competitors on MM territory, not like today. This is the reason why vintage MM and MI from the golden age are highly regarded today.
P.S. You can also look for new SoudSmith MI cartridges, but even his company made all those Bang & Olufsen back in the 70's. So it is really nothing new. Watch his lecture here, it's very interesting.
