Nice re: the Hana. Similar to the Ortofon 2M Mono SE, except MC.
I’m not sure I’m thinking of this exactly correctly, but as all my mono LP’s are period pressings (50’s-early 60’s), I didn’t go with the SE as it has a ‘fine line’ stylus, as does the Hana SL Mono (shibata). In my thinking at the time, most those LP’s were really made for conical stylus types. Finer cuts didn’t really become standard until a bit later. Thus, I said, why get a fine line stylus if the grooves were not cut for a fine line or shibata cut?
Anyway…..my thinking….😁
Im sure the Hana would be great, as would the SE, or any mono cart Soundsmith would make.