Charisma Audio MC-2 Alpha MC Cartridge
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Overview & specification
Charisma Audio
Over more than 45 years’ experience in audio, we have collected the solid ideas which inspire the design and manufacture of our accessories. Using premium materials, these not only look attractive but also show striking performance.
Ultimate simplicity and purity form the foundation of our designs.
Our 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.
We source the line contact stylus from Namiki Japan, the largest stylus supplier in the world.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Cartridge Weight: 11 g
Cantilever: sapphire
Stylus: super fine line contact nude diamond
Vertical Tracking Angle: 20 degrees
Coil: pure iron crossed-coil with single crystal high purity copper
Output Voltage: 0.4 mV at 3.54 cm/sec.
Internal Impedance: 14 ohms
Frequency Response: 20 – 25,000 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: 1.9 g ± 0.1 g
Tracking Ability at 315 Hz / 2 g: 80 uM
Recommended Tonearm Mass: medium
Break-in Period: 50 hours
