zacharold15

I plugged in and played another turntable on the receiver. I'm now certain that it's the headshell connections on the sled that goes into the headshell. I think I'm going to solder wires directly the headshell and plug the cartridge in there because the sleds are hard to find and when I do find them they are expensive. Any ideas?

https://postimg.org/image/78twrc0dd Image of the needle.

Upon further investigation and a picture of the (what i thought i had cleaned very well) stylus, it seems like the stylus is still very dirty and worn, and/or needs to be replaced . What is your opinion?

Yes I have cleaned it. I have also cleaned the contacts on the headshell and on the tonearm.

Where would be the place start checking?

Hi ,my turntable (vintage dual 1219) was working great for a few weeks and then audio went out in the left channel and eventually went out all together. The problem is not in the receiver or the rca cables so I would guess that it would be the cartridge or stylus. What do you guys think?