AKG P8e cartridge coils are known to go bad ?

Dear Storyboy: That is not my experience with AKG cartridges ( including that model that I own. ), what I found out is that sometimes the cartridge suspension goes " out of work "/specs.

Right now there is no one on ebay but it is there where ( over time ) you can find out that body cartridge/cartridge you are asking for.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Hi Storyboy, To my knowledge the problem is the suspension
mainly because AKG invented and used some special kind of suspension. If we need to add 'coil problems' then Raul
should be warned regarding his recommendations of this cart.

Regards,

Your responses are appreciated, but I specifically stated coil failure i.e. 'open coils', where a break in the wire occurs or the soldering of the wire to the rear pin depletes. Googling turned up more than a few complaints to this with AKG cartridges.

Dear Storyboy: I Own six AKG cartridges and never had that kind of problems you name it but as you posted other people already experienced, not me.

regards and enjoy the music,
raul.

Storyboy, I conclude there is "something" that goes bad with the AKG cartridges that must be uniquely related to their design, in agreement with Nandric, because there are a lot of AKGs for sale on ebay with "one bad channel" and "for parts only". And this is evidently NOT a problem with stylus wearing out. I think it is a fragility in the coil construction, but I really don't know for sure. However, I consider this to be in no way a reason not to buy a working one. I own two, in fact. Lets keep in mind that the vintage AKGs are upwards of 20 years old, by and large.