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Empire EDR9 users: Need advice

Since yesterday, I am also on the Empire club. Just received my NOS EDR9 cartridge. Needless to say I was inspired by Raul's thread. Unfortunately I dont have a phonostage to support 100 kohm loading impedance, mine is standard at 47 kohm. I am tracking at the recommended 1.5 grams. I have set the phonostage gain for 5mv. Am I doing okay with all these settings ?

What is the break-in period for this cartridge (it was bought NOS) ? Currently it sounds nice but closed-in.

Pani (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-15-12

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06-15-12 about 30 hours and then fine tune the adjustments. mine wor ... Travbrow

06-15-12 Dear pani: in its time the edr.9 was empires's top of the l ... Rauliruegas

06-15-12 Thank you raul and travbrow. my phonostage has a fixed capac ... Pani

06-16-12 Btw, is there a better empire out there ? Pani

06-16-12 Dear pani: well, through the years empire marketed several c ... Rauliruegas

06-16-12 Thanks a lot raul. have you tried comparing these vintage mm ... Pani

06-16-12 Hello pani, here is a link to raul's review of the virtuoso, ... Dean_man

06-17-12 I can't believe you haven't tried the benz lps.....the best ... Stringreen

06-22-12 Hello pani, is the empire edr9 sounding better, or still clo ... Acman3

02-06-13 I purchased the edr9-copy which uses the oem body with a jic ... Roth_s

02-08-13 Still working to get the best sound from this cartridge. mor ... Roth_s

02-13-13 The edr9 is a nice mm cart. however i didnt have the right t ... Pani