Charisma Audio have introduced their most affordable moving-coil cartridge yet, the ECO (£695)

 

ECO Moving Coil cartridge

Aluminum body, white ceramic cantilever, super fine line contact nude diamond stylus, output voltage: 0.38 mV.

Cartridge Weight: 11 g
Cartridge Body: aluminum
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