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Headhsell leads on SME V

I was changing the cartridge on my arm and one of the headshell leads broke. I switched the one that had the problem but now it only works in mono (only one speaker responds). I don't have a complete set so I just replaced the defective lead with a spare I had lying around and noticed another one of the SME leads was breaking so I switched that as well. So now there are two ortofon leads and two sme leads attached to the arm. Could this be causing any problems or is it just that it's a connection issue?
ssayeed
ssayeed OP
37 posts
 
Only one of the speakers is responding. The other one does not work. I know its not an issue with any of the other equipment as I have a second tonearm and I tried that out.
hifihvn
943 posts
 
The wires must not be in correct order.One other possibility I can think of is,one of the wires may appear to be soldered,but the insulation may be the only thing touching the terminal, causing it to look ok. Last on my list is a connection in the cartridge itself let go.The different brand of wires shouldn't cause this.
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nandric
4,086 posts
 
Ssyeed, You obviously changed cart. clips and not the wire or leads. If the clips are soldered in a 'neat' way then there should be no problem. Otherwise you should use the
same clips on all leads but the 'neat' soldering is still
involved as precondicion.

Regards,
ssayeed OP
37 posts
 
I checked the order and that is fine. I also tried different cartridges. And I changed the leads, not the clips. I'm thinking Hifihvn might be right about one of the wires being defective.
ssayeed OP
37 posts
 
Problem solved. Hifihvn was right. Only the insulation was touching the terminal on one of the leads.
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