This global celebration honored 55 years of Excel Sound and introduced their new flagship cartridge, the Hana Umami Black.
OCTOBER 29, 2025
"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" — Andre Jennings, The Absolute Sound
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