Charisma Audio MC-1a Moving Coil Cartridge

From Canada comes this impressive new line of MC cartridges

With more than 40 years’ experience in audio, Charisma Audio collected some solid ideas to inspire the design and manufacture of accessories using premium materials. They not only look attractive but also have striking performance.


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Specifications:

Cartridge Weight: 12 g
Cantilever: titanium alloy
Stylus: super fine line contact nude diamond
Vertical Tracking Angle: 20 degrees
Coil: pure iron crossed-coil with 6N OCC copper
Output Voltage: 0.4 mV at 3.54 cm/sec.
Internal Impedance: 13 ohms
Frequency Response: 20 – 20,000 Hz ± 1 dB
Channel Balance: better than 0.5 dB
Channel Separation: better than 30 dB
Dynamic Compliance: 10 um/mN
Recommended Loading: 100 – 1,000 ohms
Recommended Tracking Force: 2.0 g ± 0.1 g
Tracking Ability at 315 Hz / 2 g: 80 uM
Recommended Tonearm Mass: medium
Break-in Period: 50 hours

Reviews:
"...your vinyl collection will sound totally transformed and magnificent. And
that’s a promise!" - Jimmy Hughes, HiFi+
Read the entire HiFi+ review here

"It handily left my Ortofon Rondo Blue in a cloud of dust" - Paul Candy, Positive Feedback
Read the entire review here

Read the MC-1 Manual here

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