Cartridge Left Channel Dead


My 1997 Goldring Excel VX after providing great pleasure all these years is broken. The left-channel is dead. What are my options? Is this something I can have repaired here in the USA. Is it worth having repaired considering its age. I love listening to my system, but I can do so on weekends only. I have other sources, so its is light at best.
mybuddy
Have you checked the connections on the cartridge? While unlikly they would have come undone, in this world anything is possible. Also the phono cable's connections.
Good luck
Michael
I agree. Check the cables and tonearm connections first. Unplug the cables, then replug them in again. I gather that the CD section of your system is running well??