Failing cartridge?

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Last week I started hearing a pervasive crackle. It sounded very similar to the crackle from a gunky volume pot. More like the sound was breaking up. In any case, i did a lot of troubleshooting:
Swapped out my preamp for an integrated. Still bad
Tried my preamp with a different source, dvd. Sounded fine.
Switched back to my old stylus. Still bad
Cleaned the contacts on my cart. Still bad.

At this point, I would think my cart is failing or my tonearm wiring is going bad.
My cart is a 17 year old Grado red. Ive been replacing the stylus periodically.
Table is a Rega Planar 3. Same age.

Any ideas? What does a failing cart sound like?
Unfortunately, I dont have another cart to test.

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Topic - Failing cartridge? - zutroye 22:36:02 12/27/16 (3)

RE: Failing cartridge? - audiodk 14:12:55 01/05/17 (0)

other contacts - valvesonly 16:12:21 12/28/16 (0)

The tonearm wires come out under the arm base... - 3+4=5 22:57:32 12/27/16 (0)

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