Hana UR Umami Red MC Moving Coil Cartridge

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 Umami Red MC cartridge.

The cryogenically 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, mimics the shape of the human outer ear to rigidly support the “Open Air” Moving Coil generator. It is machined from A7075 Duraluminium with a multi-layered Urushi lacquer finish originating from the Japanese Makie artistic tradition, and incorporates an Ebony Wood inlay, tapped mounting holes, and stylus guard.

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

Specifications

Stylus Profile: Nude Diamond Microline

Cantilever: Boron

Magnet: Samariun Cobalt

Magnetic circuitry: Pure Iron, Cryogenic treatment

Coil wire: High Purity Copper

Cartridge Housing/Base: Duralumin/Polyether Ether Ketone

Output Level: 0.4mV@1KHz

Output Balance: 1kHz: Less Than 0.5dB

Vertical Tracking Force: 2 grams

Trackability: 70um/2 grams

Compliance: 10 x 10-6 cm/dyne

Separation: 1kHz: >30 dB

Frequency Response: 10-50,000 Hz

Impedance: 60Ω

Suggested Load: > 60Ω

Cartridge Weight: 10.5 Grams

Body Color: Ebony wood finish, Gloss Urushi Red Lacquer