Black rubber drive belt found in Empire turntables.

Flat Belt Medium, .203

Empire DB-208 Flat Belt, Medium


NOW accepting backorders .025 Inch / .6mm Thick
.203 Inch / 5.2mm Wide
Inside Circumference (total length) = Same as original DB-208 part.

Much confusion exists as to the correct size replacement belt for many Empire brand turntables. This belt is as close as you will get to the genuine Empire 'DB-208' in this picture. The length is the same. The only difference is that our belt is .203 wide and the original belt was .187" wide. We have not found this small difference to be an issue. In fact the wider belt should provide greater stability and longer life.


Belt is of recent manufacture. Meets or exceeds OEM specs.
Found in many types of equipment.

  • This belt is of recent manufacture. Original belts no longer exist. If they did, they'd be too old to sell in good conscience. As far as we can tell, even if the manufacturer name was stamped on the belt, all belts supplied with original turntables were outsourced to a belt specialist manufacturer, like ours are today. Our belts are made using state-of-the-art vulcanization chemistry, formimg highly crosslinked polymetric structures which ensure long-term elastic stability even under the harshest conditions.
  • Prior to installation of your new belt, the belt path should be cleaned. Here in the repair shop we would use common household rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) or a similar solution to clean the old, (often invisible) belt residue from the entire belt path, including the 'lip' or ridge around the underside of the platter, so it doesn't contaminate the new belt. With the belt off, we would get the turntable into play condition and hold an alcohol soaked Q-tip on the side of the spinning belt motor pulley. It's amazing how much black contamination comes off from the old belt. See our belt installation page for related details.

      This belt is found in, but NOT necessarily limited to, the following Equipment:
      Any Empire 200, or 300 series turntable.
      (Any Empire 2xx, or 3xx series turntable.)

      Empire 208
      Empire 288
      Empire 298
      Empire 398A
      Empire DB-208
      SOTA JEWL, SAPPHIRE, STAR, NOVA, COSMOS


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      Price: $24.95
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      Manufactured by AVCR (House Brand)


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