Description
HANA Umami Black MC Cartridge
Master cartridge designer Masao Okada-san of Excel Sound celebrates over 5 decades of innovation and excellence with his new masterpiece, featuring a diamond cantilever and new “OKD” High-Efficiency Moving Coil Generator. The Umami Black is much more than just an Umami Red with a diamond cantilever.
Diamond Cantilever
In a category first for HANA, the Umami Black incorporates a diamond cantilever, the hardest possible material, ideal for signal transfer.
High-Efficiency “OKD” Moving Coil Generator
Another category first, the Umami Black uses the newly developed “OKD” with the world’s first “Integrated Pole Piece and Rear Yoke” and Inverted U-shaped Front Yoke, optimising energy transfer from the diamond cantilever.
Inverted U Front Yoke
The U-shaped (bifurcated) inverted front yoke is engineered for both mechanical resonance control and magnetic field alignment, while also providing precise support for the diamond cantilever.
High-Power Rare Earth Magnet
Unique to the Umami Black, the rare-earth neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnet is used in the high-efficiency generator, delivering superior energy conversion.
Hybrid Carbon Armature
A 2mm square hybrid Carbon permalloy armature, comprising 78% carbon-infused nickel-iron, is precisely hand-wound with 30-micron, 4N high-purity copper wire on Excel’s proprietary machinery. This ultra-light moving coil has an output of 0.3mV at 5 ohms.
Special Urushi Enamelled Finish
The HANA-Umami Black UBK features an exquisite Urushi lacquer finish, applied through a specialised thermosetting process that bonds to the aluminium body via vapour deposition.
Every detail reflects a devotion to musical beauty—crafted to deliver an experience that is both deeply satisfying and unmistakably HANA.
The result is more than a cartridge—it’s an immersive, emotional, and profoundly musical experience that embodies the very essence of Umami Sound.
Specifications:
- Body Material: Duralumin (A7075), Shape: Auricle open air Finish: Urushi lacquer through thermosetting process
- Cantilever: Diamond
- Stylus: Microline Nude Diamond
- Magnetic circuitry
- Structure: “OKD” generator with Inverted U Front Yoke and Integrated Pole Piece and Rear Yoke Armature
- Material: Permalloy, 78% carbon-infused nickel-iron Armature Shape: 2mm Square Plate Parts Material: Pure Iron Magnet:
- Neodymium (NdFeB)
- Coil Impedance: 5 Ω Output Voltage: 0.3mV Load Impedance: ≥ 50 Ω
- Cryogenic: “OKD” generator with U Front Yoke, Integrated Pole Piece and Rear Yoke, Gold-plated Output Pins
- Frequency Response 15-50,000Hz
- Output Balance 0.5dB/1KHz
- Channel Separation 30dB/1KHz
- Tracking Force Weight 2g
- Trackability 70μm/2gr.
- Dynamic Compliance 10 x 10-6 cm/dyne (100Hz) Estimated at 17 x 10-6 cm/dyne at 10Hz
- Cartridge Weight 11.3g
