Hana Umami Red Moving Coil Cartridge
$3,950.00
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 Way
The HANA-Umami Red high-end moving coil cartridge combines brilliant materials and classic Japanese techniques with modern audio engineering. Ebony wood, rare-earth magnets, precision-cut diamond, high-purity copper wires, Urushi lacquering, and CNC machined Duralumin synergize under the vision of Hana designer Okada-san.
The synergistic relationship in MC generators between magnet, armature, and coil windings is a critical aspect of outstanding cartridge design; and like a signature dish at a Michelin 3-star restaurant, every element and detail working in concert results in a memorable and emotional experience.
All the major parts in a HANA-Umami Red are manufactured in house by Excel Sound with its rich history spanning over 50 years. Excel’s highly trained craftsmen skillfully hand assemble the HANA-Umami Red ensuring an intensely musical experience furthering the HANA “Brilliant and Gorgeous” sound quality.
Umami Sound – Wonderful Taste in Music
| Stylus | Microline |
|---|---|
| Cantilever | Boron |
| Magnetic Circuitry | Pure Iron/Cryo Treatment |
| Coil Wire | High Purity Copper |
| Output Level | 0.4 mv |
| Output Balance | <0.5/1kHz |
| Trackability | 70 µm/2g |
| Channel Separation | 30dB/1kHz |
| Frequency Response | 10-50,000Hz |
| Coil Impedance | 6Ω/1kHz |
| Suggested Load Impedance | > 60Ω |
| Magnet | Samarium Cobalt |
| Vertical Tracking Force | 2g |
| Cartridge Weight | 10.5g |
| Body Material | Duralumin (A7075), Ebony Wood |
| Body Finish | Gloss Urushi Lacquer/ Red |
| Warranty | 2 years |
