E143: The Hana Umami Red MC Cartridge

0:00 Intro
0:18 Today's Topic: The Hana Umami Red MC Phono Cartridge
0:30 Two primary types of phono cartridges
1:18 The Moving Magnet structure
1:36 The Moving Coil structure
1:57 The MC advantages
2:26 The origins of the MC cartridge
2:42 The Supex SD-900
2:59 Early listening
3:40 My MC journey begins
4:29 Playing the field
5:02 Atsushi Miura and the Air Tight PC-1
5:25 Striking LP Gold
5:45 Significant Coincidence – Excel and Orbray
6:34 The beginnings of Excel Sound
6:50 OEM production
7:22 The wain of the LP
7:53 The LP resurgence
8:14 Hana is launched in 2016
8:35 The Hana advantage
9:14 The Umami Red construct
9:28 Boron and MicroLine™
10:54 Red and Gold comparison
11:04 The ages-old Urushi lacquering process
11:23 Cantilever comparisons
11:36 Specifications
12:00 Etymology
12:39 Installation & WAMs Stylus/Cantilever Analysis & Correction
13:59 Low frequency performance
15:23 Lucid, pure midrange
15:15 Airy, detailed upper registers
16:08 Powerful strengths - imaging, soundstaging, and expression
16:57 Putting it all together
17:32 Take aways
18:21 Unparalleled value
18:43 Martini Time
19:06 Outro-Subscriptions

Today I want to introduce you to what may be arguably the “Best Buy” in analog phono cartridges today. With its asking price of $3950, and two-year warranty, the unassuming, beautifully crafted, and over-achieving Hana Umami Red is a brilliant, shimmering star in today’s moving coil cartridge universe. Delicious or savory indeed!

You may enjoy the deeper history of the Air Tight story, as well as my insights into what compelled me to choose the Etsuro Gold as my new reference in my review of that cartridge HERE.
https://positive-feedback.com/reviews...

Hana Umami Red Websites:
Musical Surroundings
https://www.musicalsurroundings.com/p...
Hana Cartridges
https://www.hanacartridges.com/produc...

Body Material: Duralumin (A7075), Ebony wood
Body Finish: Gloss Urushi Lacquer/Red
Magnetic Circuitry: Pure Iron/Cryo Treatment
Coil Wire: High Purity Copper
Magnet Material: Samarium Cobalt
Stylus Contour: MicroLine™
Cantilever: Boron
Channel Separation: 30dB/1kHz
Frequency Response: 10-50,000Hz
Cartridge Weight: 10.5g
Recommended Vertical Tracking Force: 2g
Output Level: 0.4 mv
Output Balance: less than 0.5/1kHz
Trackability: 70 µm/2g
Coil Impedance: 6Ω/1kHz
Suggested Load Impedance: greater than 60Ω
Warranty: 2 years
Price: $3950

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5662 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA, 94609-1662
Phone: (510) 547-5006

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