Charisma Audio Cartridges

Thanks for the input, guys. I'm very interested in this cart. Anyone know how much a retip will set you back?

Not sure on the retip price but Bernard is excellent and will do it for what it costs—ask him. The Sig One is by far the best I’ve owned 35 years into this hobby and well worth the coin.

I recently sent my Signature One to J.R. at WAM Engineering for analysis. Turns out the stylus minor radius is around 0.6 mil so even though it’s marketed as a "super fine line contact nude diamond" it’s not really a true fine line profile with 0.3 mil or less that you see in fancier cartridges. At the ideal azimuth angle, we achieved crosstalk of 34.4 dB and 33.8 dB which is exceptional. VTA was off by about 5 degrees. Zenith error was just 0.18 degrees. It already sounded fantastic before, but after applying the corrective shim the overall clarity and instrument separation and soundstage went up a couple notches and is now on par with my high end digital system.