waxkinglyrical
pfm Member
By coincidence I've had the opportunity to hear the new Umami freshly unpacked bc my dealer was handed a sample for trial.
The most impressive thing about the Umami was it's fancy red paint that really looked the part.
With the Umami I was taken at some specific moments in the music, so I was lead to listen to isolated 'soundevents' w/o delivering an understanding of the whole piece, which, considering it's price is an absolute disgrace for the Umami.
The price of the Umami is far from what I would even be allowed to think about,
but I would give it kudos if it was any good.
Hence my mate just sent it back straight, not even caring if he would perhaps be allowed to keep it..
simply bc it's no competition to the midrange MCs he already has around.
And he won't sell it either, no vfm at all there.
Their new flagship to me left an impression of a shiny object for rich people who are absolutely deaf and like to show off a bit.
Thank you for the illuminating opinion torstoi.
However, I’ll trust my own ears and have a listen to the Hana Umami Red at some stage, you say it was “freshly unpacked” suggesting to me that perhaps a run in period is required before it opens up and begins to operate optimally.