No right channel in new cartridge

By the way, have you seen, or has anyone else mentioned, the old thread wherein it is revealed that the Blackbird is well known to have this particular problem?  Several people have complained of this same phenomenon, usually due to a loose or broken coil wire. It recently bumped up to the top; otherwise I had forgotten about it. Dates back to 2013, I think.

@tochsii so you’re looking for cheap MC cartridge for some reason, on the MC territory a brand new cartridge with a typical price tag under $2000 considered "cheap", normally those cartridges can’t compete even with $300-400 MM from the golden era. None of the dealers can’t offer something special among the brand new LOMC carts within this budget. If you think a brand new modern MC cartridge under $1k will be better than MM cartridge you’re wrong.

Some vintage MC can be good within your budget, but you need someone who’s experienced with them. I think Dynavector 23RS is superb for $500-800 NOS.

Ortofon MC line goes up to $15 000 for a single cartridge, do you think they’re offering something special with $800 MC ?

MM cartridges from the ’80s like Grace, Pickering, Stanton, Glanz, Victor, Garrott, Sony, Audio-Technica will put those new Orotofn MC to the dust forever!

For whatever it's worth at this point in time, there is an older thread here on the subject of defective Sumiko Blackbird cartridges.  Apparently, the coil wires are known to short out one channel, probably on rare occasion.