Hana Umami Red MC 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 Hana Umami Red low output 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 HANA-Umami Red exclusive Auricle™ body design (with tapped mounting holes) mimics the shape of the human outer ear to rigidly support the cryogenically 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.
  
  

• Model
  Umami Red (UR)
• Body Material
  Duralumin (A7075) + Ebony Wood
• Body Finish
  Gloss Enamel Lacquer/ Red
• Cantilever
  Boron
• Stylus
  Microline Nude Diamond
• Armature Material
  Permalloy
• Armature Shape
  Square
• Parts Material
  Pure Iron
• Magnet
  Samarium Colbalt
• 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
  17 x 10(-6) cm/dyne (100Hz)
• Cartridge Weight
  10.5 gr.
  
  

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