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Charisma Audio MC-1 MC Phono Cartridge

Charisma Audio MC-1 MC Phono Cartridge

The Charisma MC-1 moving coil phono cartridge delivers a sound that combines clarity and fine detail, with excellent neutrality and an attractive tonal bloom. It has that relaxed stability and sense of authority you expect from the best, and sounds solid and focused, without seeming closed-in or constrained. Bass is tight and full, with the frequencies being airy and spacious

The Charisma MC-1 features an open-construction alloy body, and delivers an output voltage of about 0.4mV at 3.54cm/s. It weighs in at a substantial 12g, and will therefore benefit from a tonearm having a fairly heavy counterweight. The extra body mass is deliberate, and helps impart greater stability: something enhanced by the wide body shape. It also reduces resonances, resulting in a more neutral sound. The ‘open’ nature of the body helps avoid cavity resonances, but leaves the coils exposed.

The cantilever is made from annealed INOX steel, and the stylus is a line contact nude diamond Dynamic compliance is given as 15µM/nM, and the suggested tracking force is 1.9g +/- 0.1g. At 315Hz, tracking ability is rated at 80µM. Recommended loading falls between 100 Ohms and 1k Ohms, and the frequency response goes from 20Hz to 20kHz, +/- 1dB.

Manufacturer’s website Charisma Audio

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CHARISMA AUDIO MC-1 Moving Coil Cartridge Specification

  • 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

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