NEWS ARCHIVE

“Hana has set another benchmark of performance-for-cost…Excel Sound Corporation has created another superb-sounding cartridge with the HANA Umami Blue.”

"So…in the V2.1 we have a more neutral, more dynamic, better tracking, higher-resolution Goldfinger Statement. As moving coils go, it is unquestionably top rank..."

The Hana Umami Blue and DS Audio Grand Master Extreme both win the 2023 Golden EAR Awards from The Absolute Sound.

“Listening to it will surely turn almost any analog lover into an adherent…the results are immediately audible…and you have one of the, if not the, best cartridges extant.”

“This cartridge does a very good job of putting together poppy, fun, really enjoyable dynamics while having them sound like you would actually hear them if you were in a club or another performance venue.” — Tom Martin, The Absolute Sound

“The Hana Umami Blue’s ability to delicately handle multiple layers of musical dynamics, even when the album is pushing the limits, makes it a special cartridge for $2,500.”