Umami, at the crossroads of flavours

When you discover and experience new culinary flavours, it's called Umami.

The combination of certain ingredients results in an incomparable harmony and synergy that is greater than the sum of the ingredients used.

Many of the most incredible and memorable taste experiences have this quality called "Umami".

Umami is the fifth basic taste, after sweet, sour, bitter and salty.

Umami means "essence of deliciousness" in Japanese, and its taste is often described as the meaty, salty deliciousness that deepens the flavour.

Hana Umami Blue, the perfect synergy

The Hana Umami Blue continues the HANA tradition of "Brilliant and Gorgeous", offering the listener an incomparable musical journey.

The Hana Umami Red is one of the most acclaimed MC's in the world today for its incomparable musical performance.

The Hana ML / MH also sits in the pantheon of cells with an absolutely unbeatable price/performance ratio.

Embodying the very definition of perfect synergy, the Hana Umami Blue combines the essential ingredients of the brand's two best-sellers to set a new standard in terms of musicality and quality/price.

Hana ML / MH

• The generator - based on ALNICO magnets, known for their linearity and a perfectly conducting pure iron air gap
• Cryogenics - allowing the material to be altered at the molecular level and improving conductivity
• POM front insert - selected for its anti-vibration qualities and as a tribute to the ML/MH
• Screw threads - integrated directly into the cell body, allowing for superior mechanical coupling

Hana Umami Red

• Auricle™- takes the curve of the auricle, it perfectly supports the generator. The body is CNC machined from a block of Duralumin A7075
• MicroLine Nude diamond - matches the shape of the pressing die, perfectly fitting the LP
• Boron cantilever - selected for its diamond-like strength and sensitivity to micro-information transmission
• The coil - hand wound from the purest copper

A unique finish

Hana Umami Blue is adorned with a brilliant iridescent blue coat made of a thermosetting melamine resin (MTP), perfectly highlighting the graceful curves of the Auricle™ body.

Created by the Dupont company, the melamine resin adheres to the aluminium by a spray deposition process, then is baked for 30 minutes at 120°C.

The hardness of the resin increases the overall rigidity of the cell, and improves resonance control.

The MTP process contributes greatly to the musical and harmonic richness of the Hana Umami Blue, improving its clarity, stereo image and bass articulation.

Technical specifications

Cell type: Low Level MC

Diamond : MicroLine Nude

Cantilever: Boron

Output Level: 0.4mV / 1kHz

Frequency response : 10Hz - 50kHz

Balance > : 0.5dB / 1kHz

Channel Separation: 30dB / 1kHz

Coil impedance: 8 ohms

Recom. load 80 ohms

Recom. force : 2g

Traceability : 70µm/2g

Weight : 10,8g