Hana Umami Red
Umami Sound means Wonderful Taste in Music
The HANA Umami Red hand-built MC cartridge embodies ‘Umami’ – officially coined in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda-san as a very pleasing or delicious flavour on the palette, a synergistic effect resulting in higher taste intensity.
Hana’s Master cartridge designer Maseo Okada-san applies this concept as he combines brilliant materials and classic Japanese techniques with modern audio engineering to create his Hana Umami Red low output MC cartridge.
The cryogenic-ally treated MC generator features a samarium/cobalt magnet with a pure-iron square plate armature, hand-wound with high purity 30-micron copper wire for an internal impedance of 6Ω and 0.4mV output.
A Nude Microline stylus is bonded to a solid Boron cantilever for tracing the most delicate musical nuances from the LP.
The Umami Red exclusive Auricle™ body design (with tapped mounting holes) mimics the shape of the human outer ear to rigidly support the cryogenic-ally treated “Open Air” Moving Coil generator.
It is machined from a hard Duralumin with a multi-layered Urushi lacquer finish originating from the Japanese Makie-artistic tradition and incorporates an Ebony Wood inlay resonance damper.
An easy to fit stylus guard protects your investment.
All the major parts of the HANA-Umami Red are manufactured in house by Excel Sound with its highly trained craftsmen skilfully hand assembling each cartridge.
Master designer Okada-san brings over 50 years of experience to this design, applying the Umami concept of synergy with the HANA-Umami Red.
The Umami Red offers 0.4mv/1KHz output.
2 year guarantee and a ‘new for old or damaged’ replacement service.
Specifications Hana Umami Red
| Model | Umami Red (UR) |
| Body Material | Duralumin (A7075), Ebony Wood |
| Body Finish | Gloos Urushi Lacquer/ Red |
| Cantilever | Boron |
| Stylus | Microline Nude Diamond |
| Armature Material | Permalloy |
| Armature Shape | Square |
| Parts Material | Pure Iron |
| Magnet | Samarium Cobalt |
| Terminal Plate | PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) |
| Terminal Pin | 24K Gold Plated |
| Coil Impedance | 6Ω/1kHz |
| Coil Output Level | 0.4mV/1kHz |
| Coil Wire Material | High Purity Copper |
| Terminating Impedance | >60Ω |
| Cryo-genic treatment | Yes |
| Frequency Response | 15~50,000Hz |
| Output Balance | 0.5dB/1kHz |
| Channel Separation | >30dB/1kHz |
| Tracking Force Weight | 2 gr. |
| Trackability | 70μm/2gr |
| Dynamic Compliance | 10 x 10(-6) cm/dyne (100Hz) |
| Dynamic Compliance | 16 x 10(-6) cm/dyne (100Hz) |
| Cartridge Weight | 10.5 gr. |
