Testing a cartridge


Hi, everyone. I just put together my "new" Empire 698 turntable with a brand new Audio-Technica 120E cartridge. Everything sounded great, when all of a sudden the right channel went dead. I tested the interconnects for continuity, but those are fine. Made sure everything was plugged in properly, and still no sound. Could it be the cartridge? Any way to test it? Any other thoughts on what else I should check? Thanks in advance!
hurricane

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It could be a phono input problem . Try reveresing the tonearm output cables to see if the dead channel moves or stays in the same one .

Also , you could ever so briefly test for continuity between the cartridge output pins [ red / green , white / blue ] . It will let you know if it is an internal wire problem .