The Empire S909E/X-ERD needle stylus is used with the Empire 909E/X, 909/X and other similar, profiled Empire cartridges. The stylus features a highly polished elliptical diamond with a .0002 x .0007 inch scanning radii for long playing life, high accuracy tracing characteristics thus resulting in very good rendition of voice and music. The color of the stylus varies. The stylus is made by Empire Scientific.