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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Series: Eroica
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Fritz Gyger[ radii (mil / µm) Gyger II (6 µm) ]
- Class:
Audiophile
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 5.2 g
- Output Voltage
- 0.5 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–20 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 25 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 1 dB
- Recommended Load
- 100 Ω || 100–500 pF
- Tracking Force
- 1.5–2.0 g (nominal 1.75 g)
- VTA
- 22°
- Compliance Value
- 25 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (static)
Additional Info
Model launch year: 1989. Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. Gyger II profile: nude fine-line elliptical, 6 µm lesser radius.
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