Garth Leerer-san at Musical Surroundings / HANA USA distributor, has just forwarded us another marvelous review article for “HANA-Umami Red” by Greg Weaver-san in “Positive Feedback” magazine, for your further ongoing powerful reference.

→Hana Umami Red Moving Coil Phono Cartridge
Following is their conclusive description.

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Globally speaking, this is a simply superb cartridge, one that consistently performs well above other entrants in its price class. While it may lean a tad to the warmer, smoother side of absolute neutrality, its broadband resolution, nuanced microdynamic expressiveness, macrodynamic control and scaling, inspiring neutrality of timbre, and overall octave-to-octave balance make it an exceptional value. In many ways, it is more reminiscent of the exemplary performance I enjoy from my five times more costly reference cartridge than it is different from it. I rarely choose to make such comparisons, but this cartridge is so impressive, and in so many respects, that I'm willing to suggest that it offers eighty, maybe even eighty-five percent, of the magical performance I routinely experience from the world-class, $21,000 Etsuro Gold. But hey, that really shouldn't be so surprising when you consider the strong familial relationship. After all, they are designed and constructed by the same artisans, using many of the same principles, techniques, and components.

In short, at its asking price of $3950, and with its 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. Most enthusiastically recommended.

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