Audioraider, the measurements you described indicate a problem with the tone arm cable. The center of the right channel RCA should have continuity to the red lead, ground of that RCA has continuity to the green lead. They should not have continuity to each other. The same goes for the other channel.
The way you described it sounds as if there is a short. Amazingly (and somewhat counter-intuitively), many LOMC cartridges can drive a short fairly well since they are high current and low voltage.
So if you stand by your description/those measurements, get your cables fixed. If I am right about this, the system will sound a lot better when you are done.
The way you described it sounds as if there is a short. Amazingly (and somewhat counter-intuitively), many LOMC cartridges can drive a short fairly well since they are high current and low voltage.
So if you stand by your description/those measurements, get your cables fixed. If I am right about this, the system will sound a lot better when you are done.