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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Elliptical[ radii (mil / µm) 8 × 20 µm ]
- Price: 9800 JPY (1983)
- Class:
Entry-Level
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 2.8 g
- Output Voltage
- 1.7 mV
- Frequency Response
- 10–30 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 28 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 1 dB
- Tracking Force
- 1.5–2.1 g (nominal 1.8 g)
- Compliance Value
- 10 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (dynamic, horizontal)
- Cantilever
- tapered aluminium tube
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. High-output MC: 1.7 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/s), internal impedance 260 Ω
add 01/29/2026 · upd. 04/25/2026