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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Series: Cadenza
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: Shibata[ radii (mil / µm) r/R 6/50 µm ]
- Class:
High-End
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 10.7 g
- Output Voltage
- 0.33 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–60 000 Hz
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 0.8 dB
- Recommended Load
- > 10 Ω
- Tracking Force
- 2.0–2.5 g (nominal 2.3 g)
- Compliance Value
- 16 µm/mN
- Cantilever
- boron
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. Official: Nude Shibata on boron cantilever; internal impedance 5 Ω; channel separation: >27 dB @1 kHz and >20 dB @15 kHz
add 02/07/2026 · upd. 02/07/2026