NEWS ARCHIVE
“The Hana Umami Blue brings that high end cartridge ‘wow’ factor at a stunning, attainable price. It looks great and it sounds great. If it were any more Umami, you’d probably want to eat it!”
— Alan Sircom, hifi+ Magazine (2023 Awards Issue)
"DS Audio's Grand Master Extreme is that kind of cartridge. It should come with a warning: you need to bring plenty of food and drink into your listening room because you will not want to leave."
" – you have the ears and the gear, then you will find this as indispensable as a dust brush."
"...if you live for vinyl and want to extract the best of your LPs, you'd better start saving."
DS Audio Grand Master cartridge - "A Grand Masterpiece that well deserves TAS’ 2023 Cartridge of the Year Award.”
Hana Umami Blue cartridge - “With the Blue, Hana has set another baseline of performance-for-cost, even against competitors in the upper four-digit range.”
Meet Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings on Saturday, December 2, 2023, 10 am - 12 pm as he spins on Moving Coil and Optical cartridges and demonstrates high-performance vinyl playback. There will be a drawing for a Hana EH cartridge and DS Audio ST-50 stylus cleaner.