Charisma Audio phono cartridges are priced reasonably but deliver stunning performance. They all have a semi-open body to avoid cavity resonances. Their sound is musical and natural, with proper balance from top to bottom. Very hard materials with excellent transmission speeds are used for the cantilevers; these include titanium alloy, sapphire and ruby. This reduces resonance in order to improve transparency, transients, imaging and focus.
Specifications
Cartridge Weight: 11 g
Cartridge body: aluminium
Cantilever: white ceramic
Stylus: super elliptical nude diamond
Vertical Tracking Angle: 20 degrees
Coil: pure iron crossed-coil with OFC copper
Output Voltage: 0.38 mV at 3.54 cm/sec.
Internal Impedance: 8 ohms
Frequency Response: 20 – 20,000 Hz ± 1 dB
Channel Balance: better than 0.5 dB Channel Separation: better than 25 dB
Dynamic Compliance: 12 um/mN
Recommended Loading: 100 – 1,000 ohms
Recommended Tracking Force: 1.9 g ± 0.1 g Tracking Ability at 315 Hz / 2 g: 80 uM
Recommended Tonearm Mass: medium
Break-in Period: 30 hours