cartridge id please
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marcmorin
RIP 1953-2020
Empire, although unsure exact model number. Should be on the top if you dismount it from the headshell.
Many consider the Empire a fine cart, provided........
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
no writing at all on it .
If the stylus has "EMPIRE" molded into it, and it's a metallic gray or pewter or dark silver, it could be an S915E stylus, which would make the body something special indeed. The only way to tell at this point would be to get an ohmmeter reading from the left and right channels on the back of the cartridge.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
is this safe to use a dmm ? i am sure i read it can burn the coils out .
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
whoops sorry just been to pull it out to take more pics and wrote on is empire 2000E 111 ..
is it a good one ? i mean is it worth testing ?
i didn't have my specs on earlier ..my sight is getting worse ..
is it a good one ? i mean is it worth testing ?
i didn't have my specs on earlier ..my sight is getting worse ..
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marcmorin
RIP 1953-2020
A digital VOM should be fine. An analog meter can burn coils. Empire usually uses an X pattern for their pins instead of top/bottom, R/L
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
Digital, yes. They hit the coils with VERY little current.
The writing on Empires is typically on the bottom of the cartridge body but it wears off quite easily. As for the stylus, the genuine ones have "EMPIRE" embossed on them as well as a "|" as a center mark, sometimes picked out in a contrasting color.
Wualta is correct. If you have a genuine Empire cartridge in that color with, I believe, the embossed "EMPIRE" picked out in Gold, you have a real winner!
John
marcmorin
RIP 1953-2020
now who's eyes are getting bad............he did type 2000E/lll
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
to be fair i had to go and look again as i realised when looking it up it is an E and not a D .
now who's eyes are getting bad............he did type 2000E/lll
Not on my screen, he didn't, although it shows up that way in your quote. I just got out of a big fat OS update, so my puta might be updating slowly. UPDATE! Ah yes, that's what it was. Well, now Pete is faced with the problem of finding, then getting, an S2000E/III stylus, or he could take what's behind Door Number Two!, sreten's AT95E suggestion, which is not a bad suggestion at all.
Not on my screen, he didn't, although it shows up that way in your quote. I just got out of a big fat OS update, so my puta might be updating slowly. UPDATE! Ah yes, that's what it was. Well, now Pete is faced with the problem of finding, then getting, an S2000E/III stylus, or he could take what's behind Door Number Two!, sreten's AT95E suggestion, which is not a bad suggestion at all.
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petehall347
the brandy coffee man
i may have a stylus to fit . i had a quick look earlier but i was looking for one with a swinging guard .now i am thinking one without the guard may fit ok .
i have around 30 or 40 new ones from a shop clearance .all hung up in a cabinet screwed to my workshop wall .
i have around 30 or 40 new ones from a shop clearance .all hung up in a cabinet screwed to my workshop wall .
