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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Elliptical
- Price: 14000 JPY (1983)
- Class:
Entry-Level
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 4.5 g
- Output Voltage
- 0.3 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–55 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 25 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 1 dB
- Recommended Load
- > 100 Ω
- Tracking Force
- 1.5–2.1 g (nominal 1.8 g)
- Compliance Value
- 10 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (100 Hz)
- Cantilever
- double-structure tapered cantilever (aluminum pipe)
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only
add 02/01/2026 · upd. 02/01/2026