No right channel in new cartridge

This is a very frail cartridge. Easily damaged as attested to by some reviewers on Amazon.

lewm, he never wanted the cart back.  He didn’t want to give me a refund.  This is probably just too nuanced for a post.  But, he wouldn’t let me return it & blames me.  He would only let me send it to SS for his supposed great relationship & fast turnaround for him personally. 

I never wanted to air all the details.  I put this up as a “help me fix it” post... I only wanted the cart. It was only after warnings that I knew to ask questions.  It’s a lesson learned for me.

As I was counseled here, I opened a case & just sent it back to Smoothy anyway, insured it for new retail with proof of delivery.

Now I just need a few suggestions about carts on this site at $850 or below.  I like things just a tad bright... if you’d (or anyone) give me suggestions I’d appreciate it

As always, thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge.

Audio Technica, Dynavector, Ortofon.  Those are all excellent old-line brands with high reliability and known for their no-nonsense presentation of music.  I own at least one of each of the above, so I am speaking from personal listening experience, which is the only way I ever give advice. You can't go wrong with any of those.  I would not have recommended a Sumiko cartridge, for whatever that's worth.

Thanks lewm