My usual comments: this is too extreme to have anything to do with most audiophile "tweeking around the edges" suggestions. Either a) something is broken in the cart, b) it is set up (alignment) incorrectly, c) the wires are somehow wrong (this would do it!!!) or similar.
Start with the basics. The image is very dependent on the alignment since the stero signal must be decoded from two orthogonal squiggly grooves. If your cartridge is not truly perpendicular - poof. If the VTA is off it is reading/smearing two different "time stamps". Etc.
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Start with the basics. The image is very dependent on the alignment since the stero signal must be decoded from two orthogonal squiggly grooves. If your cartridge is not truly perpendicular - poof. If the VTA is off it is reading/smearing two different "time stamps". Etc.
G