About 30 hours and then fine tune the adjustments. Mine worked best at around 1.2 to 1.3 grams, too much force and it dulls the sound too little and it sounds raged or fuzzy. My sample was very sensitive to azimuth and antiskate too.
Check that the stylus fit is snug, I had samples of Empires that had loose fitting stylus assemblies, this will degrade the sound, a tiny bit of super glue can be used to fix that problem and removing that stylus guard also improves the sound quality. Good Luck!
Check that the stylus fit is snug, I had samples of Empires that had loose fitting stylus assemblies, this will degrade the sound, a tiny bit of super glue can be used to fix that problem and removing that stylus guard also improves the sound quality. Good Luck!