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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Series: ACE
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Fritz Gyger[ radii (mil / µm) 6 × 40 µm ]
- Class:
Audiophile
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 8.8 g
- Output Voltage
- 2.5 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–20 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 35 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 0.5 dB
- Recommended Load
- 1 kΩ–47 kΩ
- Tracking Force
- 1.7–1.8 g (nominal 1.8 g)
- Compliance Value
- 15 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (≈15 µm/mN)
- Cantilever
- boron
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. Nude line-contact (Fritz Gyger/Geiger). Threaded body mounting (no nuts required).
add 01/22/2026 · upd. 04/25/2026