Hana Umami Black Moving Coil Cartridge
$11,500.00
Translated as “brilliant and gorgeous”, Hana features both high and low output moving coil cartridges noted worldwide for their sound and value.
Fall in Love with your Vinyl again
With its special Japanese character and meaning, “華”, Hana brand moving coil cartridges manufactured by Excel Sound deliver the most “Brilliant and Gorgeous” performance for vinyl music lovers and audiophiles. This HANA sound comes from superb design, engineering excellence, and decades of experience by Masao Okada, the Excel Sound cartridge design Master and his team.
For over 50 years, Excel Sound and Okada-san have manufactured many famous phono cartridges for numerous respected audio companies around the world. Their own HANA brand, introduced in 2016, has achieved global recognition for world-class analog music reproduction and incredible value.
Excel Sound designs and manufactures all the major parts, producing affordable cartridges with an excellent sound quality. Specialized tooling improves the price/quality ratio, with manufactured parts designed for maximum performance and consistency. Excel’s experienced craftsmen skillfully hand assemble all the parts into an excellent finished product, producing the consistently “Brilliant and Gorgeous” HANA sound.
HANA features multiple series of moving coil phono cartridges including the Nude Diamond “Umami Red”, Microline “M”, Shibata “S”, and Elliptical “E” models. All hand-made in Yokohama, Japan.
“Extraordinary”– Geoff Husband, TNT France
“Captivating” – Matthias Böde, Stereo Germany
“Exemplary” – audioFi.net Singapore
“Remarkable” – Michael Fremer, Analog Planet
“Awesome-r” – Paul Rigby, HiFi+ UK
The HANA-Umami Black continues the brand’s legacy of “Brilliant and Gorgeous” sound.
Master cartridge designer Masao Okada-san of Excel Sound celebrates over 5 decades of innovation and excellence with his new masterpiece, featuring a diamond cantilever and new “OKD” High-Efficiency Moving Coil Generator. The Umami Black is much more than just an Umami Red with a diamond cantilever.
Diamond Cantilever
In a category first for HANA, the Umami Black incorporates a diamond cantilever, the hardest possible material, ideal for signal transfer.
High-Efficiency “OKD” Moving Coil Generator
Another category first, the Umami Black uses the newly developed “OKD” with the world’s first “Integrated Pole Piece and Rear Yoke” and Inverted U-shaped Front Yoke, optimizing energy transfer from the diamond cantilever.
Inverted U Front Yoke
The U-shaped (bifurcated) inverted front yoke is engineered for both mechanical resonance control and magnetic field alignment, while also providing precise support for the diamond cantilever.
High-Power Rare Earth Magnet
Unique to the Umami Black, the rare-earth neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnet is used in the high-efficiency generator, delivering superior energy conversion.
Hybrid Carbon Armature
A 2mm square hybrid Carbon permalloy armature, comprising 78% carbon-infused nickel-iron, is precisely hand-wound with 30-micron, 4N high-purity copper wire on Excel’s proprietary machinery. This ultra-light moving coil has an output of 0.3mV at 5 ohms.
Special Urushi Enameled Finish
The HANA-Umami Black features an exquisite Urushi lacquer finish, applied through a specialized thermosetting process that bonds to the aluminum body via vapor deposition.
SPECIFICATIONS
| Body | Duralumin (A7075) |
| Finish | Urushi Lacquer (Black) Thermosetting Process |
| Cantilever | Diamond |
| Stylus | Microline Nude Diamond |
| Structure | “OKD” Generator with Integrated Pole Piece and Rear Yoke, Inverted U Front Yoke |
| Armature Material | Permalloy, 78% Carbon-Infused Nickel-Iron |
| Armanture Shape | 2mm Square Plate |
| Parts Material | Pure Iron |
| Magnet | Neodymium (NdFeB) |
| Coil Impedance | 6Ω |
| Output Voltage | 0.3mV |
| Load Impedance | >60Ω |
| Cryogenic Treatment | “OKD” Generator including Integrated Pole Piece and Rear Yoke, U Front Yoke, and Gold Plated Output Pins |
| Frequency Response | 15-50,000Hz |
| Output Balance | 0.5dB/1KHz |
| Channel Separation | 30dB/1KHz |
| Tracking Weight | 2g |
| Trackability | 70μm/2g |
| Dynamic Compliance | 10 x 10(-6) cm/dyne (100Hz) Estimated at 17 x 10(-6)cm/dyne at 10Hz |
| Cartridge Weight | 11.3g |
