Hana | Umami Red - MC Cartridge
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£3,399.00
£3,399.00
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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.
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Umami Sound means Wonderful Taste in Music
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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. |
Specifications
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Model: Umami Red (UR)
Body Material: Duralumin (A7075), Ebony Wood Body Finish: Gloos Urushi 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: 16 x 10(-6) cm/dyne (100Hz) Cartridge Weight: 10.5 gr. |
