HANA UMAMI BLUE

The Hana Umami Blue high-end moving-coil (MC) cartridge comes from Excel Sound’s master cartridge designer, Maseo Okada. According to Hana, the Umami Blue “combines the essential ingredients of the Hana Umami Red with the Alnico-based generator of the Hana ML.” The Umami Blue also incorporates the Auricle body design that’s exclusive to the Umami series.

Specifications:

Stylus: Microline

Cantilever: Boron

Magnetic circuitry: Pure iron, cryogenically treaded

Magnet: Alnico

Coil wire: High purity copper

Frequency response: 15 to 50,000Hz

Output balance: 0.5dB/1kHz

Channel separation: 30dB/1kHz

Coil impedance: 8Ω with 0.4mV output

Load impedance: >80 Ω

Tracking force: 2g

Trackability: 70μm/2g

Dynamic compliance: 10 x 10 (–6) cm/dyne (100Hz); estimated at 17 x 10 (–6) cm/dyne at 10Hz

Output pins: 24k gold-plated

Weight: 10.8g

Body material: Duralumin (A7075)