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I acquired a Harmon Kardon SC7 Componant system, with the Dual 1009 table in it. When I found it, I looked under a loupe at the needle, and saw that it was pretty dull. I tested a couple scrap records and noticed a lot of crackling noise and distortion. I replaced the cartidge with an Audio Technica unversal, and it improved the sound a lot. The problem i'm having is that when my arm swings from its neutral position to playing position, I still get a really loud crackling distorted noise, as if I were having trouble plugging a cable into a guitar with a half-stack turned to 10. It almost seems as if there is a bad connection that is being interrupted whenever the arm moves, but I know very little about the inner-workings of it, and I am hesitant to begin operating on it. Any suggestions?