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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: D-30 Mk II
- Series: VMS Mk II
- Type: МI
- Stylus Shape: Fine Line[ radii (mil / µm) 8 × 40 µm ]
- Class:
Audiophile
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 5 g
- Output Voltage
- 5 mV
- Frequency Response
- 20–20 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 27 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 2 dB
- Recommended Load
- 47 kΩ || 400 pF
- Tracking Force
- 1.0–1.6 g (nominal 1.3 g)
- VTA
- 20°
- Compliance Value
- 22 µm/mN (dynamic, lateral)
Additional Info
Patented Variable Magnetic Shunt (VMS) generating system. Nude Fine Line stylus; tracking ability 90 µm (315 Hz). DC resistance 800 Ω; inductance 600 mH
Replacement
| Tonar | 1309-HYPEL | Hyperelliptical |
| Tonar | 6476-SHIBA | Shibata |
| JICO | AE10223 | Nude Elliptical |
add 02/03/2026 · upd. 02/03/2026