From your description it sounds like you did not switch the leads at the cartridge. This would tell you if it is the cartridge or the wires from the cartridge to the output jack. These wires are very small and could easily break.
Do Cartridges just fail?
I have a VPI HW-19 MK-3, ET-2 tonearm and an Audioquest B-200 cartridge. All have been working perfectly. Tonight I throw on an album and all I get is one channel. Switched out all the leads and eliminated everything but the cartridge. Seems like a broken wire between the cartridge and the output jacks, but they all appear OK. Can the cartridge just fail in one channel? Any help is apprciated.
Looks like CDs for tonight!
Rick
Looks like CDs for tonight!
Rick