HANA-EH HANA-EL HANA-SH HANA-SL (new Phono Cartridges)

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A friend have purchased the model "SL" and sonic quality is very good, but a bit to crispy.
Here several URL's concerning the company and short form data:
HANA | Youtek.com
Osage Audio Products, LLC
Hana S-Serie
from this cartridges I have never heard before and seems to be released at spring 2018 - go to
https://web.archive.org/web/20191105000114/http://www.youtek.jp/pdf/manual/manual_hana_2017s.pdf
according the review from Germans magazine "Stereoplay" - go to the attached PDF - I note an enhancing in the frequency response of around 6db/octave between 10KHz and 20KHz.
What values are necessary for the load (resistor, maybe even an actually unusual capacitor) for getting a flat response.
Thank you very much.

P.S.: under
Happy Birthday to Me - A New Hana Cartridge
(compare to the AT-OC9) there isn't to find the wanted information.
 

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Funny thing - other reviewers have said that the Hana SL was a polite cartridge with a slightly recessed high end - not the ultimate in crash and sizzle. This may have something to do with cartridge/TT setup and loading.

My Hana and AT OC9 cartridges are still sitting on the shelf, waiting for me to set up one of my Kenwood KD 500 turntables with a proper arm. I'll probably start out by using a step-up transformer with one of my current preamp setups. One preamp is currently serving in the living room with an AT440MLB, and two are in development, including an all-bipolar design, a first for me...
 
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stocktrader200 said:
do you compare CD and LP sound from the same recording?
I have Brothers in Arms and Fleetwood Mac Greatest hits on both album and CD for reference.
is this cartridge brighter then the CD?
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Yes, and the reasons often different recording adjustment.

Additional it is not clearly to say, whether it is an advantage or disadvantage, if the upper frequency range rises up with a slope of 6db/octave.

If the tweeter from the used loudspeaker has the same character (like Scan Speak's D2008 e. g.), this is a disadvantage because both effects add up and if the tweeter has the opposite character (e. g. like various cone tweeters and full range transducers), then it is an advantage because both effects more or less cancel each other out (I know this effects from Audio Technica's OC-9 users - go to
VENDU Audio-Technica AT-OC9 MLII
and to the attachment and
https://www.audio-creativ.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Audio-Technica_Tonabnehmer_2015.pdf)

Therefore again the question:
What values are necessary for the load to get a flat frequency response in the diagram from the attachment in post #1 ?
Anywhere was a website with listing the load values for a wide range of MM/MC cartridges. Who know the URL ?

Here a review of some other HANA-versions
http://www.soundwaves-turntables.com/img/HiFi-World-Feb-2015-Review.pdf
 

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