Garth Leerer-san at Musical Surroundings / HANA USA distributor, has just forwarded us another marvelous information about “2023 Golden Ear Awards” and review article for HANA-Umami Blue” by Andre Jennings-san in “The Absolute Sound” magazine, for your further ongoing powerful reference.

→The review articles are pdf version.
Following is their conclusion in this review article.

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Conclusion This Umami Blue doesn’t leave much on the table and has quickly become part of the mainstay cartridge rotation because it is so enjoyable to listen to.
Hana has set another benchmark of performance-for-cost because there is one heck of a lot of goodness in this cartridge when compared with more expensive models, even into the upper four-digit realm.
If my legitimate in-house comparisons to higher-resolution 15ips tape sources with the same downstream components are any indication, the Umami Blue –with appropriately capable supporting source components—comes closer to that sound than not.
Excel Sound Corporation has created another superb-sounding cartridge with the Hana Umami Blue.
One listen to a well set-up Blue will give you another slightly different, mouthwateringly delightful taste of Umami. Lightning did, indeed, strike again and this time, it’s blue.

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