The Mutech RM Kanda Hyabusa

The Following is a review from a Forum Member that I Trust their experiences and reports.

It is a Translation, so will be best read with a Broader Mind.

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The time had come this morning, DHL delivered it

Mutech Hayabusa

Breakfast was postponed and the tools unpacked.

In the meantime, I was still in contact with Asian Hayabusa users who suggested I use the 12 'gloss tonearm, so I had already released the gloss over the weekend.

Since my last system all played in the Arche Headshell, I also installed the Hayabusa in one.

You notice the proximity of the two developers, Kanda and Matsudaira, to the Hayabusa housing, the needle guard, and so on; you would suspect that Kanda gets some of the raw parts from My Sonic Lab, which wouldn't be the worst.

Accordingly, assembly is quite quick and easy.
Compared to the MSL Platinum Signature, I have reduced the tracking force slightly, but increased the anti-skating a little, and the Hayabusa in my case may be slightly higher at the back.

These are at least the settings of the initial assembly,

that may change after a few hours of play.

The first sonic impression brings the system close to the family sound of My Sonic Lab and related brands, whereby I really like the very beautiful and expressive mid-range and immediately noticed.

Obviously, the yoke-free structure of the magnet brings certain advantages / differences here.

The Hayabusa is definitely characterized by a deep space and a very three-dimensional and emotionally appealing rendering. Especially since the system will surely gain even more resolution over the break-in period.

In my chain I will leave the Hayabusa in the gloss tonearm, but I will probably switch from the also very full and round sounding gloss tonearm cable to one from Nordost or JPS, as my current chain is currently rather warm and the tonearm cabling is therefore more neutral may.

With My Sonic Lab and other pickups from this company, you usually have to pay twice as much as the Mutech Hayabusa for the Boron needle carrier.

In this respect, I find the price-performance ratio of the Hayabusa very good,

a successful entry into Germany

Now I'll continue to implement the system and enjoy it, I'm curious to see how it develops.

Greeting

Pindac, thank you very much. My feeling was that it was a lot of cartridge for the money. With a trial period what's to lose?

The Reviewer in my view can be trusted with their perception of the Sound Qualities on offer.
The Sonic Labs is a Reference Cartridge
Again the following is a extract from the same reviewer,
  comparing the Audio Technica Art 9 XI.
This might be a Good Competitor to Trial as well, with money left available.
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  Now I enjoy playing records with a cello or a violin, for example. The vocal range of the XI is very precise in terms of its spatial representation and, overall, more in the warm range. Tonally not dissimilar to my My Sonic Lab systems.

I don’t know which Transfiguration cartridge this might be comparable to, but the very low internal resistance with the relatively high output (although still in the low output category) reminds me of another Japanese cartridge that has been on the market for a few years. The company name or the cartridge model name begins with "H", I think, and is not "Hana". The one I have in mind has an internal resistance around 1 ohm and an output of about 0.3 to 0.4mV. It got good reviews but is rather faded from the scene these days. I’m searching for the identity but no luck so far.

Edit: Found it! The Haniwa HCTR-01. This cartridge has rather astounding specs: If I am reading the specs correctly, internal resistance is 0.4 ohms and inductance is 0.3uH (micro-henry). The inductance is 30 to 100 times LESS than a typical LOMC cartridge, which is in turn about 1000X lower than a typical MM cartridge. The Haniwa website does not state the signal output voltage, I think because the cartridge is designed to drive a current-mode phono stage, specifically their own product, the Haniwa HEQA03, which presents an 0.25 ohm phono input impedance!!! Now I realize the Haniwa is totally unique, probably not related to the cartridge you want to discuss. Sorry.For anyone who is interested, here is the web page: https://haniwaaudio.com/products/analog-front-end-system/

The Mutech, like the aforementioned Haniwa cartridge, ought to be auditioned using a current-driven phono stage. I bet the results would be staggering with a good example of that type of phono circuit.  Fremer used the BMC MCCI when he reviewed the Haniwa in 2014.  He liked it better than the Haniwa phono stage, using their cartridge.