“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.”
"The Hana Umami Blue Moving-Coil Cartridge is a winner!"
"Concept Black is made like a fine Swiss mechanical watch; sonically, it offers overall musicality, image focus, transient authenticity, and dynamic conviction."
Come to visit Garth and Ken of Musical Surroundings in the High-Fidelity Studio rooms (Atrium 4.1 First Floor F126/127) and meet Tetsuaki Aoyagi-san, president of DS Audio.
Introducing the new Master 3 optical phono cartridge system from DS Audio –The worthy successor to the DS Master 1