A nice 398 came up recently on a local Craigslist site, and after waffling over whether or not I needed another turntable for a few days - you already have a perfectly good hot-rodded Thorens!- I bit the bullet and picked it up. No regrets at all after doing so. Turns out to be a 398, equipped...
Posted this on the Empire History thread but didn't seem to get any traction. So, starting a new thread to see if get some answers.
Finally picked up and Empire 208. Seems like everything is in order. Needs some work, I plan on cleaning it up and making the tweaks listed in the Empire History...