I heard various Kharma speakers back when they had become "the New Thing" (including in some very expensive rooms/set ups by people who knew what they were doing).
As a dealer in my city had some Kharma’s for sale I included them last year in my speaker auditioning. They sounded just as I remembered the old Kharma sound - super smooth, rich, open...bass pretty warm (these speakers need room!) and that same "slightly darker than life" tone I’d always heard from Kharma. A little too polite for me.