When this occurred with my Blackbird cartridge my thought when at the dealer was that if it wasn’t covered by the warranty I was going to cut my losses. At the time I was told that if Sumiko wouldn’t cover it that what they’ve seen in the past is that Sumiko would “repair” it (replace it) for 3 or $400. For me that would put that cartridge at $1400-1500 with no guarantee that it wouldn’t happen again in a couple months. I was willing to cut my loss and get a different cartridge from another manufacturer. I don’t know if it is a quality control problem, though I think it it is, or a design problem with the naked or nude design but the cartridge is at best a $1000 cartridge new. Not worth being $1400+ in the hole for 2 months in.
No right channel in new cartridge
I just got a Sumiko Blackbird & mounted it. I have no right channel. I haven’t fine tuned the mounting but, That shouldn’t make me lose a whole channel. Once or twice I’ve heard a hum in the right channel before I put the needle down. When it goes down it stops & goes silent. The channel isn’t effected in CD, DVD or radio.
i bought it here(all positives on the seller) & it only had 10 hours on it. It didn’t come in the original box but came screwed into a box... seemed pretty secure. I checked & reconnected all the pins, jacks into the AVR & ground wire.
What should I try next?
i bought it here(all positives on the seller) & it only had 10 hours on it. It didn’t come in the original box but came screwed into a box... seemed pretty secure. I checked & reconnected all the pins, jacks into the AVR & ground wire.
What should I try next?
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