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[Test Note] Check Empire 2000E/III on my setup
- Stylus: Integrated
- Series: Reference Series
- Type: MC
- Stylus Shape: MicroRidge[ radii (mil / µm) 75 × 2.5 µm ]
- Price: 1899 USD (2018)
- Class:
High-End
- Mounting
- standard 1/2"
- Weight & Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 9.5 g · 17 × 18 × 28.5 mm
- Output Voltage
- 0.5 mV
- Frequency Response
- 12–50 000 Hz
- Channel Separation
- 35 dB
- Channel Balance
- ≤ 0.5 dB
- Recommended Load
- > 100 Ω
- Tracking Force
- 1.8–2.2 g (nominal 2.0 g)
- VTA
- 20°
- Compliance Value
- 12 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (100 Hz)
- Cantilever
- boron rod (⌀0.28 mm)
Additional Info
Non-replaceable stylus (integrated), retip only. Open-body design; internal impedance 28 Ω; 1.2 mm gold-plated terminals (EIA).
add 01/24/2026 · upd. 01/24/2026