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Headhsell leads on SME V

I was changing the cartridge on my arm and one of the headshell leads broke. I switched the one that had the problem but now it only works in mono (only one speaker responds). I don't have a complete set so I just replaced the defective lead with a spare I had lying around and noticed another one of the SME leads was breaking so I switched that as well. So now there are two ortofon leads and two sme leads attached to the arm. Could this be causing any problems or is it just that it's a connection issue?
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nandric
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Ssyeed, You obviously changed cart. clips and not the wire or leads. If the clips are soldered in a 'neat' way then there should be no problem. Otherwise you should use the
same clips on all leads but the 'neat' soldering is still
involved as precondicion.

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nandric
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Ssayeed, That your problem is solved is nice to hear. But
I don't understand how 'the insulation was touching the
terminal on one of the leads' could cause the problem .
My assumption is that SME V has no exchangable headshell so
the wire or leads are continuous from cart clips till phonocable. A change of any lead or wire would mean a change of the whole wire: from clips till phonocable. Ie
I don't understand how insulation can cause any problem and I also don't understand what you mean with 'the terminal'. The usual problem is that the cart clips break
because those wire or leads are very thin or vulnerable.
Regards,
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