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Phono cartridge left / right output voltage differ

Just received a new Denon DL-S1 cartridge and noticed that the output voltage for the left and right channels are different.The left is .16 mv and the right is .18 mv.Though this is only a .02 mv difference it turns out to be about a 12% difference between channels.

Will I hear this channel imbalance ? Should I send it back ?

Thanks
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mingles
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It's irritating when this happens. We expect "new" to be perfect and free of problems. I bought a DL-103 from AudioCubes years ago and it happened to me, but I don't remember hearing a difference between channels.

Should you complain to the vendor? I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other, but I wish you luck.
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