Turntable Cartridge Headshell Wires

I needed a replacement wire for the headshell on my Pioneer PL-514 turntable. These wires fit my Ortofon cartridge perfectly, but the pins on my headshell are just a bit too small for the wire ends. I have a crimper that easily fixed the problem, and gives me tight contact. So, after a few seconds I had all of my new wire ready to install.Installation was fast, and easy after I trained the wire to go where I wanted it to go without putting strain on the crimps. The wire is much stiffer than the original, so you do need to take some care in getting them into the tight space. In the end it took about 5 minutes to sort it all out, and I had it playing out of both channels for the first time in a week!

Easy to replace if you have the right tools. Did not affect my sound quality. I’d recommend these instead of paying way more for the name brand. They work great. Audio technica turn table

Imagine that. Cables way way less than the audio-technica fit almost perfectly. Don't waste your time with that over priced garbage.. These are nice quality cables..... And they fit with minimal effort.Thanks

I bought these to replace the headshell leads on a Sanyo TP 600SA and to connect to an Audio-Technica AT 95E cartridge, purchased from Amazon at the same time. The connectors are quite a bit too large for the headshell pins. I had to crimp them with needle nose pliers until they got to a size that would stay on the pins. On the other end, they were barely big enough to fit on the pins on the AT 95E. I had to use needle nose pliers and force with which I was not comfortable to get them onto the pins. Yes, you want a snug fit, but you do not want to have to use pliers and force to install them. Finally, the wires are rather stiff, so getting them into a configuration where the cartridge would mount properly in the headshell was also a challenge.I have not test listened yet, as I am waiting for a new belt to arrive. I can only imagine what fun alignment with a protractor is going to be.UPDATE: Reduced rating to a single star. Alignment went OK, but as I was afraid might happen, one of the wires on the cartridge side (where it had to be forced onto the cartridge pin) had broken from the connector. I had to use one of the old wires, at which point things work fine.Unless you can be 100% sure these will fit both your headshell and cartridge pins, I suggest you choose another option.

Purchased two sets of these to replace 30+ year old headshell wire

Sounds great.

Good choice for a basic MM cart. I used on my Grado mono cart on an older Technics. I used the tip of small tweezers to slightly widen the connection on one side of the wire. The other side fit the Headshell just fine.

The wires were definitely thicker than the wires I had originally on my Thorens TD160 headshell.. I had to replace those wires when I damaged one during replacing a cartridge that had thicker connecting posts. Anyway, these wires fit the bill just fine and even though the wires were thicker I was able to connect everything fine and route the wires without too much trouble.