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Today saw something under the tonearm.....a bare wire from the crystal.

Someone added the push-ons in the past by soldering wires with pushon with the wires going to the amp and put some black tape over.
Well, I put an extra piece of black tape to keep teh bare piece from touching the tonearm (no damage but will cut the signal), plus compressed push-ons a it more.

Those should be different connectors, those made from very thin flexible berillium bronze plated with something, like the ones I have on my turntable...this is a makeshift.

But I got a bit scared to involve myself deeper with it, as it is so flimsy, and the old Russian adage says "do not disturb crap, it won't smell" and this is where I decided to limit myself. Schematics are one thing, fine wires and mechanics is another.
If handled properly this thing will work for years more.....


PS. Anyone has experience in shipping these? I mean, should I put some cushoning material between the lid and the turntable and so on? Thios got just fine to me without ANY cushoning whatsoever, but I want to thread on the side of caution.
And the PCB itself might develop new cracks so this is incentive enough for me to cushion it well afer all the wprk put in remedying the cracks in copper.