whatsup everyone?

okay my (beyond irritating) problem is that I have static in the right channel.. heres my setup:

two technics (bought em new, took nice care of them)
two ortofon night club (w/ brand new stylus for xmas)
vestax pcv-275 a few months old, all in a odyssey coffin.
stereo is just a technics amp and a variety of speakers depending on where i am (school or home).

so heres the problem. There has consistantly been static in the right channel. at first i figured whatever it is probably just a dirty record, but i started to hear it on every record. I tested a few things out today and im clueless. the static is in the headphones, not just the speakers (the headphone is linked to the mixer not the amp ofcourse) I tried twisting the headphone plug, taking it out and putting it back in, etc, no luck. I tried taking my needles out of the arm and putting them back in, made sure they were nice and tight, no luck. the problem occures on both the right and left turn table, both on the right channel. I looked at all the wires and they seem fine, ground is in. and even if it was the wires I figure what are the chances it would happen in both rights? i tried pushing on the wires a little (they are hard to get at cuz theyre in a coffin), but no luck. The only thing I can think of is both the needles are faulty? I replaced the stylus a few days ago because of the static, in hopes of fixing it, but the static is the same. I even tried playing the record at 33rpm and 45rpm and that static didn't change pitch or speed, leading me to believe its electrical. I tried upping the weight, changing the anti-skate setting, all useless.

the only thing i can think of is a while back i remember someone saying something about a problem the ortofon cartridges are prone to, where the metals react and cause a buildup or something? I don't know why this would happen on only the right channel for both tables tho... nor why ortofon would use metals prone to this, but i do remember reading that.

if anyone knows anything that could help me, PLEASE! you have no idea how irritating it is. I just got my hands on a william orbit abado for strings remix and on record it is the most beautiful thing iv heard in a while (mp3 does it no honor).. but the friggin right speaker distorts from the cracking.

thanks,

dazzed

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