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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Elliptical
- Price: 46000 JPY (1984)
- Class:
Audiophile
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 7 g · 21.8 × 17.0 × 15.5 mm
- Output Voltage
- 0.18 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–75 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 28 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 1 dB
- Recommended Load
- ≥ 100 Ω
- Tracking Force
- 1.0–1.4 g (nominal 1.2 g)
- Compliance Value
- 14 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (100 Hz)
- Cantilever
- tapered pipe
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. Internal impedance 40 Ω; output 0.18 mV (1 kHz, 50 mm/s, horizontal). Load: >100 Ω (manual also notes: 40 Ω when transformer is used). Construction: cross-shaped air-core coil bobbin, self-damping, 4-screw body mounting
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