{"id":156462,"date":"2023-03-03T17:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=156462"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:09:55","slug":"hana-umami-blue-moving-coil-cartridge-in-lacquered-aluminum-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/hana-umami-blue-moving-coil-cartridge-in-lacquered-aluminum-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hana Umami Blue: Moving coil cartridge in lacquered aluminum housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese company\u00a0Hana has announced the release of a new\u00a0Umami Blue\u00a0moving coil cartridge\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/60_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/>The pickup features a case machined from 7075\u00a0aluminum and coated with blue light-cured synthetic resin.\u00a0The magnetic system uses AlNiCo\u00a0(aluminum-nickel-cobalt)\u00a0magnets , the coil is wound by hand with the finest copper wire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/61_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/>A needle with a multi-radius MicroLine sharpening is installed on the boron needle holder, the damper is made of POM (polyformaldehyde) polymer.\u00a0After assembly, all heads are cryogenically treated for better conductivity.\u00a0The sensitivity of\u00a0Hana Umami Blue\u00a0is\u00a00.4 mV\u00a0, the internal resistance is\u00a08 ohms\u00a0, the recommended tracking force is\u00a02 grams\u00a0.\u00a0The cartridge weighs\u00a010.8 grams\u00a0excluding fasteners.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Hana Umami Blue\u00a0MC head\u00a0will be available on the European market in August 2023, with pre-order open at the end of March.\u00a0The retail price will be\u00a02500 euros\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese company\u00a0Hana has announced the release of a new\u00a0Umami Blue\u00a0moving coil cartridge\u00a0. The pickup features a case machined from 7075\u00a0aluminum and coated with blue light-cured synthetic resin.\u00a0The magnetic system uses AlNiCo\u00a0(aluminum-nickel-cobalt)\u00a0magnets , the coil is wound by hand with the finest copper wire. A needle with a multi-radius MicroLine sharpening is installed on the [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/hana-umami-blue-moving-coil-cartridge-in-lacquered-aluminum-housing\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":156463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-156462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}