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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Conical[ radii (mil / µm) 16.5 µm (0.65 mil) ]
- Price: 35000 JPY (2007)
- Class:
Audiophile
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 8.5 g
- Output Voltage
- 0.35 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–55 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 26 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 1 dB
- Recommended Load
- ≥ 100 Ω (transformer: 10–38 Ω)
- Tracking Force
- 1.8–2.2 g (nominal 2.0 g)
- Compliance Value
- 6 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne @ 100 Hz
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. DL-103 variant modified/tuned by HIGHPHONIC (Japan): 0.35 mV, 38 Ω, 20–55 kHz, 2.0±0.2 g
add 01/30/2026 · upd. 01/30/2026