Zeta Tonearm Troubles


Recently purchased a used Gyrodec w Zeta tonearm. The tonearm connection (at the bottom of tonearm which goes to phono amp) appears to be a 5 pin DIN but the new cable I bought (Audioquest Wildcat) does not seem to fit. It requires a huge amount of force and doesn't feel secure after all that effort.  Does anyone have this tonearm who can speak to this issue? Am I just not applying enough force? Is the 5 pin connector at the bottom of the tonearm not a standard 5 pin DIN connection? 

Please help
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@bensturgeon, email Johnnie at Audio Origami in England. He knows all about that arm (a favorite of his). As I recommended earlier, a better route is to send him your Zeta for a complete internal-rewire, terminated in RCA plugs. Why anyone would voluntarily put an extra set of jacks/plugs/solder joints in the path of the tiny output signal of their pickup is a mystery to me. Those DIN plugs are awful!

If you don't want to spend whatever Johnnie charges (he cleans and adjusts the Zeta when he rewires it, with either copper or a choice of two silvers), the Incognito rewire kit is a good one (using Cardas copper, I believe), and the shielded cable coming out of the bottom of the arm is terminated "correctly"---on RCA plugs!

I have a Zeta, (van den Hul version) on my Oracle Delphi MKIV and have used (3) different Cardas phono cables with no problems.

I have an AQ Wildcat, but it's on a different table/arm.  I do remember that it was a little difficult to get seated right.  The Wildcat has a very tiny screw on the barrel that holds the connector assembly in, (unless AQ has changed the design.)  Make sure that screw is tight and not sticking out.  That would impede the connection.