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Dang my luck

I ordered a new Denon 103r.  It came in yesterday and after I attached it to my headshell and gently removed the guard a noticed the cantilever was leaning visibly to one side. If you look at the pic looking down the cantilever you can see it's not bent but looks like it goes into the body crooked. 

https://flic.kr/p/R3Ts5F

https://flic.kr/p/PX4FXh
last_lemming
last_lemming OP
638 posts
 
I have not tried it yet for fear of damaging my vinyl. 
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Send it back you got beat!!!!!

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sbank
3,379 posts
 
Did you inspect it BEFORE you installed it? Cheers,
Spencer
last_lemming OP
638 posts
 
I did while it was still screwed down to the box it came in. I installed it on the headshell so I could get my loop closer to it so I could give a good visual inspection and have a way to hold the cart without touching it. 
mr_m
1,900 posts
 
I had a cartridge with the same problem once. I didn't notice it at first and had mounted it and played it. When I observed it under magnification, I was like, wow. Not good. Surprisingly, the cartridge still sounded good, at least to me anyway. I adjusted the azimuth and this made the cartridge track properly with no problems. I used this cartridge for several years with no other problems. No damage was done to my records. Lesson learned though, I inspect every new cartridge thoroughly before I mount it to the head shell. I'm not saying to keep the cartridge. I would opt for a free replacement from wherever you bought it.
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