Inexpensive Low Capacitance Phono Cable?

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Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

Not just Shure does that. Most all MM cartridges come with that strap to ground at one of the G terminals. If the tone arm head shell is metal or plastic with a ground to the cartridge body, that strap can sometimes cause a ground loop and hum. Remove that strap if using a metal or grounded head shell.

Pretty sure he said it was a p-mount cartridge...Those have no head shell...The cart plugs into the end of the arm shaft like a head shell. There should be no user configurable wiring on the cart since P-mount carts all had a standard 4-pin plug on the back that mated to a standard socket on the arm.