Sure I suppose one can cut off the pins and solder it up…The cartridge operates with a low signal voltage. The more contact points there are, the more potential for error. That's a fact. If these contact points are cleaned regularly, there's nothing wrong with that, but I decided not to.
If it is possible without completely disassembling the tonearm, i always recommend continuous cabling.
Good sound kit
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They seem to sound fine with the various colours of tonearm cable just slid on though.
There are fighter airplanes, spacecraft, deep sea vehicles which all have connectors coming out the ying-yang, and they all seem to work just fine. Maybe they are more digital now. Even the Glomar ran power and video for miles on their cable harness.
Sure a cartridge motor generates a tiny signal, but gold plated pins and female connectors seem to be making good connections.
