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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

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pani OP
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Thanks a lot Raul.
Have you tried comparing these vintage MM carts to the new age Ortofon 2M Black or Clearaudio Virtuso ?
pani OP
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Thank you Raul and Travbrow.
My phonostage has a fixed capacitance of 150pf. I have set the gain for 5mv.
pani OP
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BTW, is there a better Empire out there ?
pani OP
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The EDR9 is a nice MM cart. However I didnt have the right tonearm for it. My 47 Labs tonearm is too heavy for this cart. Next I plan to install a Naim ARO. Hope that will do better with EDR9.

One thing I agree in general, there is a grace that MM carts present with music which MC carts lack!!
I need to try a Decca London sometime.
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