Headhsell leads on SME V

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,

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.

Problem solved. Hifihvn was right. Only the insulation was touching the terminal on one of the leads.

Ssayeed, That your problem is solved is nice to hear. But
I don't understand how 'the insulation was touching the
terminal on one of the leads' could cause the problem .
My assumption is that SME V has no exchangable headshell so
the wire or leads are continuous from cart clips till phonocable. A change of any lead or wire would mean a change of the whole wire: from clips till phonocable. Ie
I don't understand how insulation can cause any problem and I also don't understand what you mean with 'the terminal'. The usual problem is that the cart clips break
because those wire or leads are very thin or vulnerable.
Regards,

Nandric,It doesn't matter whether they are soldered on,crimp on,or both,the fine stands of wire break easily.The crimp on type seem to hide the problem even more.I've seen many on my friends or mine that appear to be be firmly attached and be making a good connection,when there was no connection,due to broken strands of wire.The crimp on terminal clips are a little more durable.Some still use the solder only type.When you've gone though 30 or 40 different cartridge types over decades,this happens a lot.I'm glad it was this,instead of a more costly problem.