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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Series: Laboratory Series
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Shibata
- Class:
High-End
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 8.7 g
- Output Voltage
- 0.25 mV
- Frequency Response
- 10–50 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 27 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 1 dB
- Recommended Load
- ≥ 30 Ω
- Tracking Force
- 1.35–1.65 g (nominal 1.5 g)
- Compliance Value
- dynamic 8 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (100 Hz)
- Cantilever
- beryllium (tapered)
Additional Info
Direct-couple design using an LSI-process microcoil with stylus-to-coil distance ~1.0 mm
add 01/17/2026 · upd. 01/18/2026